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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Physical type
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end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Material exact%3apaper
Monophonic notation: present
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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