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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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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quadruple
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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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
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
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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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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chant (square)
2
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
3
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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German
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Latin
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Spanish
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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 texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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humanistic
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
4
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
1
often
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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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flourished
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littera notabilior
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never
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occasionally
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often
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always
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Colour of text: black
Monophonic notation: present
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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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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