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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Material
paper
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-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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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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light brown
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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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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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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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fully texted with two texts
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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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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
brown
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light brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
always
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of script: cursive
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Level of calligraphy text: high
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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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