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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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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15
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16
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
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2-part opening
7
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
10
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
11
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
3
5-part opening
13
6-part opening
13
8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
3
single
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triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
13
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
13
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
5
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
13
brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
9
poor
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
13
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
13
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
3
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
3
cursive (bastarda)
5
display script
10
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
8
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
13
blue
1
brown
1
red
10
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
often
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rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
3
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
4
occasionally
3
rarely
2
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 8
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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