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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Copying of Music
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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space-filler
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Colour of notation: brown
Colour of text: brown
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Monophonic notation: present
Multiple texts: yes
Pricking frequency: none visible
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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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