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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Pricking
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Ruling Medium
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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black
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chant (square)
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Level of Calligraphy
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 4-part single page
Number of staves: 6
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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