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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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Guide letters only
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Colour of text: dark brown
Monophonic notation: absent
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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