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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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tablebook
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Material
paper
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
5
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
4
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
7
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
7
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
2
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
3
none
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
7
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
7
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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German
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
1
reddish brown
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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historiated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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