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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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
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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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Penned Initials Type
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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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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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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banner
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
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