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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Copying of Music
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Multiple Texts
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Borders Frequency
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Colour of notation: brown
Colour of text: red
Indentation for initials: single
Monophonic notation: present
Type of script: various
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5465, c. 1500, All folios
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