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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Ruling Medium
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
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Type of Notation
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Copy language name: Latin
Level of calligraphy music: high
Monophonic notation: absent
Planned initials frequency: occasionally
Production method: Manuscript
Type of notation: void mensural
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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