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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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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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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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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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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staves not ruled 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
8
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
6
other
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partial additional staves
5
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
8
Type of Notation
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
5
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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Flemish
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French
7
German
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Italian
5
Latin
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Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one or two texts
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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
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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display script
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hybrida
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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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
never
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Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
often
2
rarely
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sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic 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
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occasionally
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often
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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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often
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sometimes
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Voice-names
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Colour of notation: brown
Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Type of notation: void mensural
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 11239, c. 1500, All folios
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