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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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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3-part consecutive
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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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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
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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
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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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
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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untexted
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
flourished
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plain initials
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Number of staves: 5
Number of staves: 3
Separate text: no separate text
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
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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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