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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Adhoc Adaptation
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Monophonic Notation
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repeat signs
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of notation: black
Penned initials type: plain initials
Physical format: oblong
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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