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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no separate text
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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black
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repeat signs
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Disposition of voice part exact%3a4-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Material: paper (with parchment)
Multiple texts: yes
Production method: Manuscript
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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