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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repeat signs
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rarely
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occasionally
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Colour of staves: black
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 9
Physical type: choirbook
Production method: Manuscript
Type of notation: full mensural
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
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