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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Monophonic Notation
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Borders Frequency
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Multiple texts: no
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Type of notation: full mensural
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5465, c. 1500, All folios
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