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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Number of staves: 3
Number of staves: 9
Production method: Manuscript
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Cambrai, France, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 18 (20), c. 1520, All folios
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