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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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pointers
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yes
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Indentation for initials: none
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Material: paper
Pricking frequency: never
Separate text: no separate text
Type of notation: void mensural
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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