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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Italy
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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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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
4
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
not specified
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (humanistic)
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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always
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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occasionally
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Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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decorated letters
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end-symbol
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Borders frequency: rarely
Indentation for initials: double
Locations part of: Belgium
Other decoration frequency: never
Painted initials type: decorated
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
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