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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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Material: parchment
Number of staves: 5
Physical type: choirbook
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
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