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
chansonnier
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choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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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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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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3
quadruple
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
2
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
4
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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English
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French
5
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
7
blue
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brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
1
often
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rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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never
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often
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sometimes
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banner
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decorative final long
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diagrams
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Type of script: hybrida
Number of staves: 10
Multiple texts: yes
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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