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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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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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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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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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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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
3
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
2
red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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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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historiated
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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often
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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Colour of staves: brown
Copy language name: Latin
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Number of staves: 10
Penned initials frequency: normally
Type of notation: void mensural
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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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