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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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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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
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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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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6-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
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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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
3
dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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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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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
3
dark brown
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Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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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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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Indentation for initials: none
Indentation for initials: single
Level of calligraphy text: high
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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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