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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staveline added
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Borders Frequency
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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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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signa congruentiae
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Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2442, First half of the 16th century, probably c. 1527, Cantus partbook, all folios
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