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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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4-part score
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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staves not ruled on 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
made for complete additional staves
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none
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notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
4
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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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
end symbol
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none
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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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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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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dark brown
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Indentation for initials: none
Level of calligraphy text: very high
Number of staves: 11
Number of staves: 6
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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