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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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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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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staveline added
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Copying of Music
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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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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Type of Script
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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often
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sometimes
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Planned Initials Type
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Ruling medium: single rastrum
Penned initials type: plain initials
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3 (olim H.C.1; = MaiM 8), c. 1520-5, All folios
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