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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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3-part single page
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4-part score
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5-part opening
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8-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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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
4
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
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French
4
German
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Italian
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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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partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark 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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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
2
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Colour of notation: brown
Copy language name: French
Indentation for initials: single
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 9126, 1504-1505, All folios
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