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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signa congruentiae
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Colour of text: brown
Colour of notation: brown
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Adhoc adaptation: staveline added
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
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