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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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5
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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
3-part opening
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
very high
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Borders size: full and partial borders
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Other decoration frequency: occasionally
Penned initials frequency: normally
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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