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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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varies
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Indentation for initials filled in
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5
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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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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Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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varies
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hybrida
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black
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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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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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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 grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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often
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Other Decoration Type
embellished final barline
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Presence absence of text: untexted
Colour of text: black
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Indentation for initials: double
Number of staves: 6
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 9126, 1504-1505, All folios
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