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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normally
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occasionally
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often
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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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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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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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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Colour of staves: brown
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Montecassino, Italy, Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, MS 871, late 15th century, pp. 247-434
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