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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Physical type
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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provided, in dedicated space
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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chant (square)
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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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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: dark brown
Material exact%3apaper
Multiple texts: yes
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Physical format: upright
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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