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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
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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none visible
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normally
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
4
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
none
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quintuple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled 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
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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Latin
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n/a
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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 texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
brown
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light brown
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Extra space: left between voice parts as part of grid
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Locations name: Leipzig
Number of staves: 13
Number of staves: 14
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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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