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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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders size: partial borders: one- and two-sided
Colour of notation: black
Number of staves: 7
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 31922, c. 1510-20, All folios
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