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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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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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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brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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5
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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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 consecutive
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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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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
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
4
none
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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
4
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
1
dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
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poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
none
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pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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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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varies
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
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poor
2
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
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dark brown
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Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: black
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Multiple texts: no
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
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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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