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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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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chant (square)
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Physical format: upright
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 52 (olim H.C.65; = MaiM 91), c. 1510 - after 1523, All folios
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