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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notation and staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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chant (square)
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
Copy language name: Dutch
Separate text: not in dedicated space
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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