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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Great Britain
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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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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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
3
4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
3
6-part consecutive
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6-part opening
1
7-part consecutive
1
8-part consecutive
1
8-part opening
1
9-part consecutive
1
9-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
1
none
3
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
dark brown
5
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
3
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (humanistic)
3
display script
1
humanistic
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rotonda
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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
2
brown
3
dark brown
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red
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
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Colour of text: red
Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Other decoration frequency: often
Planned initials frequency: sometimes
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
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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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