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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banner
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Physical format: upright
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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