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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Level of Calligraphy
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end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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Copy language name: French
Number of staves: 9
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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