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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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Pricking
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none visible
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occasionally
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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double rastrum
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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
5
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
4
5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part consecutive
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6-part opening
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7-part consecutive
1
7-part opening
1
8-part consecutive
1
8-part opening
1
9-part consecutive
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9-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
1
double
10
none
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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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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
9
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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French
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Latin
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
3
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
2
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
5
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
historiated
4
plain initials
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trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
8
occasionally
5
often
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rarely
6
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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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration 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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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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diagrams
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: dark brown
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Painted initials frequency: sometimes
Painted initials type: flourished
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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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