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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coronae
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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never
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Borders Frequency
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Level of calligraphy music: fair
Colour of text: brown
Number of staves: 11
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
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