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
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
black
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Other decoration frequency: occasionally
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Type of notation: full mensural
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
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