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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repeat signs
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space-filler
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Colour of text: black
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Indentation for initials: double
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 7
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 d, First quarter of the 16th century, All folios
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