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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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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made for complete additional staves
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Colour of Notation
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Type of Notation
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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Colour of Text
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
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Colour of staves: brown
Colour of text: brown
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 4
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 11239, c. 1500, All folios
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