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
chansonnier
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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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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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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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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Borders Size
partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Guide letters only
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often
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littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 7
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
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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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