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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Belgium
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Cities
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Girona
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
10
Material
paper
8
paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
none visible
5
normally
1
occasionally
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
4
dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
7
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
10
11
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12
3
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
3
8
5
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
4
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
8
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
3
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
3
single
8
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
8
other
2
partial additional staves
8
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
4
dark brown
2
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
2
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
5
end symbol
5
pointers
2
repeat signs
10
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
10
space-filler
3
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
5
Italian
1
Latin
10
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
2
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
6
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
7
untexted
8
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
2
humanistic
1
hybrida
2
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
4
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
5
dark brown
3
red
3
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
5
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
5
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
occasionally
1
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
3
often
1
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
2
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
3
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Colour of staves: brown
Colour of staves: dark brown
Penned initials frequency: normally
Physical type: music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 11239, c. 1500, All folios
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