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 (fragment(s))
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partbook (single)
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poetry collection with some notated music
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paper
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parchment
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oblong
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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n/a
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never
23
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
12
brown
12
dark brown
1
light brown
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double and single rastra
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double rastrum
3
freehand
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printed staves
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
1
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11
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14
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
3
2-part score
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2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
10
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
17
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
2
n/a
2
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
12
single
12
triple
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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
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
6
none
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
16
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
7
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
7
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
3
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
16
blue
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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chant (square)
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full mensural
2
void mensural
23
Monophonic Notation
absent
19
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
23
high
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poor
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
2
none
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pointers
1
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
9
untexted
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varies
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Type of Script
antiqua
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cursive
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cursive (German)
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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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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
4
Colour of Text
black
16
brown
12
dark brown
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red
3
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
23
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
normally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
flourished
2
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
5
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
9
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
7
Planned Initials Frequency
always
4
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
4
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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signes-de-renvoi
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Level of calligraphy music: fair
Multiple texts: no
Pricking frequency: never
Type of notation: void mensural
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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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