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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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: brown
Colour of notation: brown
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Number of staves: 6
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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