7.8 Palaeo-Frankish (St Amand) Notation

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MS palimpsest in Latin on vellum, France, 11th c. & 14th c.; underlying text and music: rounded late Carolingian script, alternating red and blue initials, palaeo-Frankish (St. Amand) music notation on a single red stave; overlying music: polyphonic setting of the mass in square music notation on a red 5-line staff.