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
choirbook
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Material
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
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
none
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repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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German
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Latin
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Spanish
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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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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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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
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
1
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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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Planned initials frequency: often
Production method: Manuscript
Pricking frequency: never
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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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