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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
chansonnier
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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
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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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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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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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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quadruple
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single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
8
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
7
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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Latin
11
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
6
display script
7
textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
8
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
6
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
4
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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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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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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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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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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Indentation for initials: double
Painted initials type: decorated
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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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