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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no separate text
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made for complete additional staves
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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Borders Frequency
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Monophonic notation: present
Indentation for initials: double
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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