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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Ruling Medium
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made for complete additional staves
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Copying of Music
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Level of Calligraphy
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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textura
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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- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Miniatures frequency: rarely
Colour of staves: black
Level of calligraphy text: fair
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-5-20 (olim Z Tab. 137, N.° 25), Early 16th century, 39-66
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