PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Indentation for Initials
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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no separate text
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Copying of Music
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provided with one or two incipits
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Multiple texts: no
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
Type of notation: void mensural
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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