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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Disposition of Voice Parts
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3-part consecutive
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Indentation for Initials
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
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zoomorphic initial
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
2
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
2
often
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rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
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