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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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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14
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6
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6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
8
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
9
6-part opening
4
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
3
single
11
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
1
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
other
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
11
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
8
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
1
German
1
Latin
11
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
3
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
8
humanistic
1
rotonda
1
textura
8
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
11
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
11
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
2
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
3
rarely
2
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 8
Monophonic notation: present
Level of calligraphy text: high
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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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