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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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Number of staves
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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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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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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none
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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
chant (Gothic)
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Level of Calligraphy
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Latin
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fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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textura
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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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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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calligraphic with decoration
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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normally
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often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Number of staves: 8
Other decoration frequency: sometimes
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 15075, c. 1525, All folios
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