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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notation and staves extended into margin
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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Monophonic Notation
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Multiple Texts
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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littera notabilior
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Borders frequency: rarely
Colour of notation: black
Colour of text: blue
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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