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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Material
paper
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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
none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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3-part single page
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4-part score
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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varies
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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variable space, not 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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notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
5
other
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partial additional staves
4
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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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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2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
3
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
5
Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
6
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
5
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
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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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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
6
dark brown
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red
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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
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
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often
1
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Indentation for initials: double
Multiple texts: yes
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 11239, c. 1500, All folios
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