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
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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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Material: parchment
Monophonic notation: present
Painted initials type: decorated
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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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