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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Colour of Notation
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coronae
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partial borders: one-sided
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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calligraphic
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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ornament
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Pricking frequency: normally
Copy language name: Latin
Number of staves: 10
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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