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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Space Provided for Separate Text
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provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with single incipit
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textura
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
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Painted Initials Type
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 3
Colour of notation: black
Colour of staves: brown
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Casale Monferrato, Italy, Archivio Capitolare, Fondo Musicale 1 (olim M(D)), 16th century, All folios
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