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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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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occasionally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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Number of staves
10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part score
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
6
4-part opening
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4-part score
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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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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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
10
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
9
notation and staves extended into margin
15
notation extended into margin
16
partial additional staves
10
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
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red
1
Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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chant (square)
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full mensural
1
void mensural
15
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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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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space-filler
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Presence or Absence of Text
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
10
untexted
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Type of Script
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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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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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
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
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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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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
2
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Colour of notation: brown
Level of calligraphy text: fair
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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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