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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choirbook (fragment)
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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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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normally
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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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straightedge
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Number of staves
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11
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5
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
other
2
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
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dark brown
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
4
Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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humanistic
1
rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
2
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
4
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
Material: paper
Other decoration frequency: rarely
Other decoration type: decorative final long
Physical format: upright
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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