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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Printed work
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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n/a
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
11
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13
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7
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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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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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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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
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
1
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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n/a
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
French
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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
3
partially texted with one or 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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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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n/a
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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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
normally
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
5
sometimes
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banner
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decorated letters
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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vignette
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Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Other decoration frequency: normally
Physical format: upright
Physical type: choirbook
Type of notation: void mensural
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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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