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
none visible
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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
5
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
German
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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Type of Script
display script
3
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
5
red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Locations part of: Germany
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 7
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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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