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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Material
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Indentation for initials filled in
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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repeat signs
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Colour of Text
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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littera notabilior
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Painted initials frequency: rarely
Physical format: upright
Colour of notation: brown
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 34 (= MaiM 88), 1521 - c. 1530, All folios
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