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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Colour of Notation
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chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Colour of notation: brown
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 12
Penned initials type: decorated
Penned initials type: decorated with grotesque heads
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 39 (olim H.C.41; = MaiM 64), c. 1505-15, All folios
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