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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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-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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8-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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staves not ruled 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
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
8
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
7
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
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dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
4
pointers
2
repeat signs
7
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
6
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1
Italian
4
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6
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5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
8
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
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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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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blue
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brown
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dark brown
3
red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
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often
3
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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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Locations name: Tarazona
Type of notation: chant (square)
Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
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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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