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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
present
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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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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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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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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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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
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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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
normally
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often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 4-part single page
Monophonic notation: present
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Presence absence of text: untexted
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 11239, c. 1500, All folios
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