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
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Material
paper
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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varies
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
9
not in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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9
notation and staves extended into margin
19
notation extended into margin
22
other
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partial additional staves
14
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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black
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dark brown
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chant (Central European)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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coronae
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end symbol
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space-filler
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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dark brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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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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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
4
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
8
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
4
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
3
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
3
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
4
embellished final barline
2
end-symbol
5
littera notabilior
4
signes-de-renvoi
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
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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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