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
parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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normally
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
dark brown
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light brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
2
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
2
light brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
4
Italian
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2
n/a
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
4
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
2
light brown
2
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
2
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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Material: parchment
Number of staves: 8
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
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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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