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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Belgium
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Brussels
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Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
2
paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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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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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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quadruple
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single
11
triple
8
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
12
staves not ruled on grid
9
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
5
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
11
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
11
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
very high
8
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
12
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
3
Latin
10
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
5
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
12
display script
12
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
very high
8
Colour of Text
black
12
blue
1
brown
1
red
12
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
9
Borders Frequency
rarely
10
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
5
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
8
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
3
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
12
occasionally
3
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
5
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
8
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Colour of text: red
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Number of staves: 11
Penned initials frequency: normally
Type of script: display script
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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