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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coronae
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Multiple texts: yes
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Other decoration frequency: rarely
Other decoration type: end-symbol
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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