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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Level of calligraphy text: high
Locations part of: Austria
Pricking frequency: normally
Separate text: no separate text
Type of notation: void mensural
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Cambridge, Great Britain, University Library, MS Nn.6.46, c. 1500, All folios
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