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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paper
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Pricking
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notation and staves extended into margin
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high
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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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space-filler
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textura
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Colour of text: brown
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Pricking frequency: none visible
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of notation: void mensural
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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