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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Physical type
choirbook
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paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark 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
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
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provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
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display script
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
Colour of Text
black
4
dark brown
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red
3
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
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normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Separate text: no separate text
Ruling medium: double rastrum
Level of calligraphy music: very high
Monophonic notation: absent
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
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