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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Material
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Indentation for Initials
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single
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varies
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empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
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Type of Notation
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end symbol
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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fully texted with one or two texts
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Type of Script
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often
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Other Decoration Type
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decorative final long
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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