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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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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
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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3-part consecutive
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves 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
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
9
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
4
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
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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
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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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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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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normally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Colour of text: brown
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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