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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Physical type
partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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double rastrum
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1-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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Adhoc Adaptation
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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Copying of Text
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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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
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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decorated letters
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
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Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
Pricking frequency: none visible
Separate text: no separate text
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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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