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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
2
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
3
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
4
brown
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red
3
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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never
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often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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often
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Other Decoration Type
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Planned initials frequency: rarely
Colour of text: red
Separate text: no separate text
Indentation for initials: triple
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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