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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partbook (single)
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tablebook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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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
brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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6
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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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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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
4
light brown
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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Flemish
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French
3
Italian
3
Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
5
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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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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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
never
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Borders Frequency
always
1
never
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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
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Planned initials frequency: normally
Pricking frequency: none visible
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Presence absence of text: untexted
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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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