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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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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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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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varies
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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calligraphic
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flourished
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often
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Presence absence of text: untexted
Colour of text: black
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Physical format: upright
Penned initials frequency: rarely
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
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