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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black
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full mensural
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Borders Frequency
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partial borders: two-sided
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zoomorphic initial
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often
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calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Material: paper
Number of staves: 10
Painted initials frequency: rarely
Pricking frequency: often
Type of notation: void mensural
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
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