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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Type of Notation
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end symbol
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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partial borders: one-sided
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Colour of notation: black
Level of calligraphy text: high
Material: parchment
Number of staves: 4
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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