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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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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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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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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none
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
1
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
full mensural
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void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
French
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German
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Italian
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Latin
6
Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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untexted
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display script
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hybrida
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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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brown
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dark brown
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red
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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
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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Painted Initials Type
plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy music: fair
Number of staves: 2
Number of staves: 6
Physical format: upright
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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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