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The first extant example of keyboard tablature, which was almost certainly for organ, was in the Robertsbridge Codex, from about 1360.

Although it is English, it is closely related to the later German tablatures.

An early and perhaps seminal example of these organ tablatures is found in the Buxheimer Orgelbuch ( Buxheim Organ Book ), compiled in Münich in the 1460s.

It reflects the work of Conrad Paumann, a blind organist, lutenist, and composer.

The biggest organ tablature, as well as one of the oldest in the world, is Organ Tablature by Jan of Lublin ( 1537-48 ), one of ca.

20 Polish organ tablatures created from 1520 to 1700.