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
made for complete additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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Borders Frequency
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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