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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notation and staves extended into margin
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chant (square)
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provided with one or two incipits
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never
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Colour of staves: black
Pricking frequency: always
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
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