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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partbooks (complete set)
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
4
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
none
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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notation extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
2
Copying of Text
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French
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Italian
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
Colour of Text
brown
3
Multiple Texts
yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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rarely
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decorative final long
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Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
Penned initials type: calligraphic with grotesque heads
Number of staves: 4
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 9126, 1504-1505, All folios
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