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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Colour of Staves
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Indentation for Initials
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Colour of Notation
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Other decoration frequency: never
Presence absence of text: fully texted with two or more texts
Indentation for initials: double
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
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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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