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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Material
parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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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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never
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none visible
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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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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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quadruple
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled
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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
9
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
9
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
7
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
4
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
9
blue
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
7
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
5
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
3
occasionally
2
often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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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
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occasionally
1
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
1
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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banner
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end-symbol
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Borders frequency: rarely
Colour of text: red
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 6
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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