Der Mensuralkodex St. Emmeram: Faksimile der Handschrift Clm 14274 der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München - Review for Notes
Book Review
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Music Library Association,
2011-03-15T13:13:45Z.
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| Online Access: | Get fulltext |
| Summary: | Book Review A new facsimile of a half-millennium-old manuscript needs to know who its audience will be. Reproductions of stunningly beautiful sources, such as the Squarcialupi Codex or the newly available Chansonnier Cordiforme, need little justification, for they entice the scholar, student, and buyer with a sheer brilliance unknowable in modern transcription. But what of more mundane, everyday manuscripts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance? How do they justify their high price tags and large shelf spaces? |
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