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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paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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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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Indentation for Initials
none
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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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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
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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other
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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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blue
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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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
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
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 single incipit
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cursive
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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Other Decoration Frequency
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often
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sometimes
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Copy language name: Latin
Material: paper
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Other decoration type: end-symbol
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Production method: Manuscript
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
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