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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Colour of text: red
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 9
Planned initials frequency: often
Type of notation: void mensural
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Zaragoza, Spain, Iglesia Metropolitana de la Virgen del Pilar, Archivo Musical, Armario C-3, MS 17, 16th century,
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