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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partial additional staves
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Borders Frequency
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Planned Initials Frequency
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normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration 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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Voice-names
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banner
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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ornament
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Monophonic notation: absent
Multiple texts: no
Physical format: upright
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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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