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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repeat signs
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Borders Frequency
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: brown
Pricking frequency: normally
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
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