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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of 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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
3
dark brown
2
gold
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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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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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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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
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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roman
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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light brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted 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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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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flourished
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rarely
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sometimes
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sometimes
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Painted initials type: decorated
Pricking frequency: none visible
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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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