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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choirbook
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black
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coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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Material: parchment
Number of staves: 9
Colour of staves: brown
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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