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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Belgium
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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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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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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
5
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
7
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
4
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
7
display script
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
2
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
7
red
7
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
often
1
rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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banner
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Ruling medium: single rastrum
Separate text: no separate text
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
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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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