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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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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
never
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none visible
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
3
other
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partial additional staves
4
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
4
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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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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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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hybrida
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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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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
often
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of notation: brown
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Number of staves: 7
Presence absence of text: untexted
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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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