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 (single quire(s))
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partbook (single)
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tablebook
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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dark brown
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gold
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quadruple rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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9
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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 score
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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4-part score
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4-part single page
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6-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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varies
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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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none
4
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
7
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
13
notation extended into margin
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other
3
partial additional staves
9
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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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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high
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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none
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
13
provided with one or two incipits
6
provided with single incipit
10
provided with two incipits
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untexted
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varies
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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roman
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textura
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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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dark brown
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gold
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
13
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
4
occasionally
1
often
4
rarely
3
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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decorated
1
flourished
2
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
4
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Monophonic notation: absent
Multiple texts: no
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Presence absence of text: untexted
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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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