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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staveline added
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end symbol
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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Multiple Texts
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Colour of staves: black
Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Monophonic notation: present
Type of notation: void mensural
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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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