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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music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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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 single page
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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light brown
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
English
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Indentation for initials: single
Level of calligraphy music: very high
Material: parchment
Monophonic notation: present
Painted initials type: plain initials
Pricking frequency: often
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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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