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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
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zoomorphic initial
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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