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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black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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repeat signs
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cursive
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brown
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yes
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decorated
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Adhoc adaptation: other
Colour of text: brown
Extra space: none
Multiple texts: yes
Number of staves: 9
Type of notation: void mensural
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
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