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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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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