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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notation and staves extended into margin
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black
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coronae
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fully texted with one or two texts
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rarely
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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decorated
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Indentation for initials: single
Painted initials frequency: rarely
Painted initials type: decorated
Penned initials frequency: normally
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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