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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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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cue notes
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
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yes
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Borders Frequency
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zoomorphic initial
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Colour of notation: brown
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Indentation for initials: none
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Physical format: upright
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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