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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France
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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light brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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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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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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none
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notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
2
light brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
poor
1
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
2
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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n/a
1
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 or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
1
Colour of Text
black
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brown
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light brown
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Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Copy language name: French
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Presence absence of text: fully texted with two texts
Pricking frequency: none visible
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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