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 (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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partbook (fragment(s))
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (complete set)
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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printed book with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
4
Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
27
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
19
light brown
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red
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
freehand
3
single rastrum
19
straightedge
3
triple rastrum
3
Number of staves
1
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10
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11
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12
2
2
3
3
5
4
7
5
2
6
8
7
2
8
5
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
27
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
9
2-part score
1
2-part single page
6
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
10
3-part score
1
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
10
4-part score
1
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
21
single
9
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
19
left below voice parts as part of grid
4
none
6
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
15
not in dedicated space
11
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
12
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
18
notation extended into margin
12
partial additional staves
13
staveline added
7
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
13
brown
16
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
26
Monophonic Notation
absent
26
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
14
high
4
poor
8
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
3
none
2
pointers
4
repeat signs
11
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
10
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
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Dutch
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French
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German
7
Italian
10
Latin
23
Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
6
fully texted with one text
27
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
12
partially texted with two or more texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
19
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
17
Type of Script
cursive
6
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
7
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
5
cursive (italic)
3
display script
2
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
textura
1
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
17
high
7
poor
6
Colour of Text
black
16
blue
2
brown
14
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
20
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
occasionally
1
often
4
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 9126, 1504-1505, All folios
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