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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signa congruentiae
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Physical format: upright
Pricking frequency: sometimes
Production method: Manuscript
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of notation: void mensural
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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