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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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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Level of Calligraphy
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signa congruentiae
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Indentation for initials: single
Material: parchment
Planned initials frequency: rarely
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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