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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no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
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coronae
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Borders Frequency
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calligraphic
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 11
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
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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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