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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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of notation: black
Copy language name: Italian
Indentation for initials: single
Number of staves: 5
Other decoration type: end-symbol
Type of script: cursive (italic)
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
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