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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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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none
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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
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
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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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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (italic)
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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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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rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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never
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Borders Size
partial borders: two- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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historiated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Colour of staves: brown
Level of calligraphy music: high
Number of staves: 10
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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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