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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Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 3
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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