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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Czech Republic
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Prague
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Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
3
parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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occasionally
1
sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
3
Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
3
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
3
11
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
4
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
4
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
2
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
strene notation
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
1
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
pointers
2
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
English
1
French
1
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
2
partially texted with one text
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
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Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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