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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Physical type
choirbook
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paper
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Format
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Pricking
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Adhoc Adaptation
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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Monophonic Notation
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
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Colour of text: red
Painted initials type: decorated
Material: paper
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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