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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Physical type
choirbook
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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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 score
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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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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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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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other
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
10
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
2
dark brown
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gold
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Type of Notation
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
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
5
pointers
1
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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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
6
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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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
3
brown
4
dark brown
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red
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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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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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: staveline added
Colour of staves: dark brown
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
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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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