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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Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of script: antiqua
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 6 (= MaiM 2), c. 1508-30, All folios
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