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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Colour of Notation
black
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repeat signs
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Locations name: Spain
Number of staves: 3
Number of staves: 5
Number of staves: 9
Type of script: hybrida
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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