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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Monophonic Notation
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often
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Number of staves: 10
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Colour of notation: brown
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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