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
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
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
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single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part score
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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
2
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 (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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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
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more 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 (bastarda)
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display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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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
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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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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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Production method: Manuscript
Number of staves: 5
Other decoration frequency: occasionally
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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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