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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Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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Indentation for Initials
double
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of 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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provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
1
textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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Penned Initials Type
littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 8
Colour of text: dark brown
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 1597 (olim Colbert 1625), c. 1500, All folios
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