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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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paper
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oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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n/a
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none visible
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normally
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Colour of Staves
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1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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4-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
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varies
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
6
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Indentation for initials filled in
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8
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
6
other
4
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
5
Type of Notation
chant (square)
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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
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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varies
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hybrida
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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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dark brown
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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
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
1
normally
5
occasionally
3
often
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rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
12
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
2
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
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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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