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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Colour of Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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coronae
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end symbol
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Material: parchment
Penned initials frequency: sometimes
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
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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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