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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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Type of Notation
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Monophonic Notation
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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rotonda
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Colour of Text
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 4-part single page
Indentation for initials: none
Production method: Manuscript
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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