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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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
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partially texted with one text
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Physical format: oblong
Indentation for initials: double
Colour of notation: black
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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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