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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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Extra space: none
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Number of staves: 6
Painted initials frequency: often
Pricking frequency: always
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 31 (olim H.C.30; = MaiM 71), c. 1510, All folios
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