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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often
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sometimes
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Indentation for initials: none
Level of calligraphy text: high
Multiple texts: no
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
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