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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Indentation for initials filled in
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Multiple texts: no
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Pricking frequency: none visible
Type of notation: void mensural
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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