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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Colour of notation: black
Level of calligraphy music: high
Separate text: not in dedicated space
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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