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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choirbook (fragment)
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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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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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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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 consecutive
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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n/a
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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
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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2
staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
2
red
2
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
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poor
2
very high
1
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
2
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
2
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
2
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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very poor
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 8
Pricking frequency: never
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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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