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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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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single rastrum
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10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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 opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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staves not ruled 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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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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
Dutch
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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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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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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Borders Frequency
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
always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Colour of notation: black
Colour of staves: black
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Penned initials type: plain initials
Physical format: upright
Pricking frequency: none visible
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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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