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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Material
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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Colour of notation: black
Level of calligraphy music: poor
Number of staves: 12
Ruling medium: straightedge
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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