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
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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 (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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normally
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Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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varies
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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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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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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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high
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poor
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very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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varies
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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very poor
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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
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Colour of staves: black
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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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