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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Format
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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textura
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black
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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partial borders: two-sided
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St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 464, c. 1510-1520, with additions c. 1540, All folios
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 463, c. 1540 or slightly later, All folios
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