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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Physical type
chansonnier
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choirbook
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Material
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parchment
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with single incipit
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted initials type: decorated
Physical format: upright
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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