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
Antwerp
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Brussels
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Mechelen
8
Production method
Manuscript
10
Physical type
choirbook
10
Material
parchment
10
Format
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
8
none visible
1
often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
10
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
10
Number of staves
1
1
10
10
11
5
12
1
2
2
4
1
5
2
6
4
7
6
8
10
9
10
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
8
4-part opening
10
5-part opening
7
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
1
quadruple
1
single
9
triple
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
none
1
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
9
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
red
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
Level of Calligraphy
very high
10
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
10
signes-de-renvoi
10
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
3
French
4
Latin
10
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
7
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
10
display script
9
Level of Calligraphy
very high
10
Colour of Text
black
10
blue
1
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
9
Borders Frequency
rarely
9
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
10
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
9
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
7
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
7
occasionally
1
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Colour of notation: black
Level of calligraphy text: very high
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 8
Painted initials frequency: rarely
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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