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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choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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paper
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Pricking
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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none
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notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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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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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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fully texted with one or two texts
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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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varies
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hybrida
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
2
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
never
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occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
4
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
6
often
3
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
5
littera notabilior
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Copy language name: Latin
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Material: paper
Multiple texts: no
Physical format: upright
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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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