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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end symbol
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 7-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Material: parchment
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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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