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
choirbook
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not 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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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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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signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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sometimes
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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occasionally
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sometimes
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 13
Other decoration type: decorative final long
Physical format: upright
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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