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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choirbook
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paper
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Pricking
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Miniatures Frequency
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never
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Painted Initials Frequency
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: brown
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Number of staves: 3
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Brussels, Belgium, Library Koninklijk Conservatorium / Conservatoire Royal, Brussels, MS 16857, late 15th century, All folios
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