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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fully texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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Colour of staves: brown
Indentation for initials: none
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Production method: Manuscript
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Mus. ant. theor. 30, Early 16th century, i-ii
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 464, c. 1510-1520, with additions c. 1540, All folios
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