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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Cities
Antwerp
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Brussels
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Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
6
Material
paper
1
parchment
4
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
none visible
1
often
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
6
brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
6
Number of staves
1
2
10
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11
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12
2
13
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2
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
6
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
6
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
4
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
2
single
6
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
red
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
4
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
6
display script
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
6
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
6
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
3
often
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
4
Other Decoration Type
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Colour of staves: black
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Locations part of: Belgium
Number of staves: 9
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
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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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