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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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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