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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Great Britain
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Cities
Brussels
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Mechelen
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Windsor
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
1
parchment
5
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
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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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often
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
7
brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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2
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
6
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
6
4-part opening
8
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
6
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
3
7-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
1
quadruple
1
single
8
triple
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
none
1
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
very high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
Flemish
2
French
3
Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two or more texts
6
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
7
display script
7
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
8
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
never
3
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
3
normally
1
often
1
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
4
often
2
rarely
8
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
4
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
6
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Colour of text: black
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Pricking frequency: never
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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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