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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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paper
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Format
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Pricking
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none visible
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normally
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sometimes
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Colour of Staves
black
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red
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double and single rastra
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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
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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
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4-part consecutive
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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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6-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
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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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notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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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
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very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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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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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 or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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dark brown
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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
never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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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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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
5
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
5
occasionally
1
often
5
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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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
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Monophonic notation: present
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Number of staves: 7
Pricking frequency: normally
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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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