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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Space Provided for Separate Text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
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chant (square)
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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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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Ruling medium: straightedge
Colour of text: dark brown
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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