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
Colour of text: red
Locations name: Eton
Number of staves: 15
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Production method: Manuscript
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 15123 (olim Suppl. Fr. 2637), c.1480-4, All folios
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