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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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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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3-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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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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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Monophonic notation: absent
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 8
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
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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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