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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Material
paper
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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2-part score
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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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
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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provided with one or two incipits
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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reddish 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
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Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Type
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Adhoc adaptation: staveline added
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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