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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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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strene notation
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signa congruentiae
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textura
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Borders Frequency
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Type of notation: void mensural
Adhoc adaptation: staves extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Copy language name: Latin
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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