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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Colour of staves: brown
Level of calligraphy music: high
Monophonic notation exact%3aabsent
Penned initials type: calligraphic with grotesque heads
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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