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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choirbook
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double rastrum
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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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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Copying of Music
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black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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provided with one or two incipits
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antiqua
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textura
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Multiple Texts
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Borders Frequency
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calligraphic with decoration
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Planned Initials Frequency
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banner
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Borders size: partial borders: one-sided
Colour of staves: brown
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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