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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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
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end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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fully texted with one or two texts
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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Painted Initials Frequency
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often
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: black
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Level of calligraphy text: high
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 10
Painted initials type: decorated
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.M.1.13 (Lat 456; olim V.H.10), 1481, All folios
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