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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Pricking
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chant (square)
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coronae
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end symbol
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signes-de-renvoi
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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banner
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decorated letters
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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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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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