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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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coronae
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end-symbol
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Type of notation: chant (square)
Number of staves: 8
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 2245, c. 1490-8, All folios
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