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
parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
5
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6
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part opening
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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n/a
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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 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 single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
light brown
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Physical type: composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
Type of notation: void mensural
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Multiple texts: yes
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
Montecassino, Italy, Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, MS 871, late 15th century, pp. 247-434
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