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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
6
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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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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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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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Presence or Absence of Text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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humanistic
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hybrida
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
Borders Frequency
never
3
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Colour of text: dark brown
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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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