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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Ferrara
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
9
paper (with parchment)
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parchment
5
parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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occasionally
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often
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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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dark brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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13
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4
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9
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
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2-part single page
3
3-part opening
15
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
16
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
9
6-part opening
6
Indentation for Initials
double
9
none
5
single
12
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
16
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
16
not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
16
notation extended into margin
9
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
brown
4
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
16
Monophonic Notation
absent
13
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
12
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
16
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
7
Italian
1
Latin
15
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two or more texts
4
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one text
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
7
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Italianate)
1
cursive (bastarda)
9
cursive (italic)
1
display script
7
humanistic
1
hybrida
1
roman
1
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
16
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
13
blue
1
brown
4
dark brown
1
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
6
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
2
occasionally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
2
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
10
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
4
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
1
littera notabilior
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Colour of staves: brown
Colour of text: dark brown
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Other decoration type: decorative final long
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
Pricking frequency: normally
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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