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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France
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
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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normally
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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red
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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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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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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
none
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single
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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
2
Adhoc Adaptation
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
3
light brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
4
provided with two incipits
4
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
poor
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
brown
4
light brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
always
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
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Other Decoration Frequency
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Adhoc adaptation: other
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
Penned initials frequency: rarely
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Type of notation: void mensural
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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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