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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Belgium
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Cities
Antwerp
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Brussels
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Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
15
Material
paper
1
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
12
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
15
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
8
never
1
none visible
4
occasionally
1
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
15
brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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2
10
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
7
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
13
4-part opening
15
5-part opening
12
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
15
none
1
quadruple
2
single
14
triple
11
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
15
none
1
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
13
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
13
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
15
red
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
15
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
12
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
15
signes-de-renvoi
15
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
3
French
7
Latin
14
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two or more texts
9
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
15
display script
13
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
very high
11
Colour of Text
black
15
blue
1
red
14
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
12
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
12
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
4
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
4
occasionally
1
rarely
9
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
13
occasionally
4
often
2
rarely
6
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
6
rarely
7
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
9
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
end-symbol
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Indentation for initials: single
Locations name: Catalonia
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Separate text: not in dedicated space
Type of notation: full mensural
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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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