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: notation and staves extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 9
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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