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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Colour of text: brown
Level of calligraphy text: high
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 9
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 18 (olim 143), Early 16th century, All folios
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