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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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Monophonic Notation
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Colour of notation: dark brown
Non verbal performance instructions: coronae
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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