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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chansonnier
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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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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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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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
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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chant (square)
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full mensural
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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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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
English
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French
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Latin
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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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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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dark brown
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dark red
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green
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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
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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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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littera notabilior
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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never
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occasionally
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often
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diagrams
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end-symbol
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Colour of notation: brown
Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Material: paper
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
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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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