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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
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Monophonic Notation
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provided with one or two incipits
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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often
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rarely
2
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Type of script: cursive
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Multiple texts: yes
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Egerton 3051, c. 1500, All folios
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