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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Pricking
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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end symbol
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Colour of notation: black
Adhoc adaptation: staves extended into margin
Colour of text: dark brown
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 38 (olim H.C.47; = MaiM 59), c. 1510-31, All folios
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