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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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Level of calligraphy text: poor
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
Colour of text: brown
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 2245, c. 1490-8, All folios
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