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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Colour of Staves
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Borders Frequency
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
13
occasionally
5
often
3
rarely
5
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
18
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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ornament
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 10
Physical format: upright
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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