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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coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Borders Frequency
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Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Painted initials type: decorated
Number of staves: 5
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 h, First decade of the 16th century, 6a, 6b
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