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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Belgium
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choirbook
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves 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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none
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notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
2
light brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
3
Italian
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
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
2
partially texted with one text
2
partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
3
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
poor
1
Colour of Text
brown
3
light brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
always
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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normally
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Colour of text: brown
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Locations name: France
Number of staves: 8
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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