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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made for complete additional staves
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void mensural
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Colour of text: red
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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