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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Material
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parchment
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
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Number of staves
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Indentation for initials filled in
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Colour of notation: black
Locations name: Florence
Other decoration type: signa congruentiae
Planned initials frequency: always
Type of script: cursive
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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