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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monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
1
2
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4
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5
4
5
5
7
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2
7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
2
2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
1
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
5
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
none
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
2
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
3
chant (Gothic)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
poor
3
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
3
Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive (German)
3
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
3
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
6
brown
2
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
normally
2
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
plain initials
3
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
often
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
2
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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diagrams
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 5
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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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