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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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signes-de-renvoi
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Type of script: cursive (italic)
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Physical type: choirbook
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 31 (olim H.C.30; = MaiM 71), c. 1510, All folios
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