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 text: red
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Indentation for initials: none
Non verbal performance instructions: coronae
Number of staves: 1
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Zaragoza, Spain, Iglesia Metropolitana de la Virgen del Pilar, Archivo Musical, Armario C-3, MS 17, 16th century,
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