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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Belgium
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Brussels
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Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
4
choirbook (fragment)
1
Material
parchment
5
Format
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
none visible
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
5
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
5
Number of staves
10
5
11
2
5
2
6
1
7
2
8
3
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
3
4-part opening
4
5-part opening
4
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
double
5
quadruple
5
single
5
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
5
display script
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
5
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
4
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Colour of staves: black
Indentation for initials: quadruple
Physical format: upright
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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