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
16
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
5
paper (with parchment)
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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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none visible
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occasionally
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often
2
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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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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12-part opening
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2-part opening
5
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
12
4-part opening
14
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
14
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
6
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
14
none
1
quadruple
2
single
15
triple
10
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
13
staves not ruled on grid
11
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
16
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
7
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
15
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
15
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
8
very high
8
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
14
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
3
Latin
14
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
16
fully texted with two or more texts
6
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
14
display script
16
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
6
very high
11
Colour of Text
black
16
blue
2
brown
1
red
16
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
11
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
10
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
5
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
9
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
5
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
13
occasionally
4
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
5
often
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rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
8
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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Separate text: no separate text
Number of staves: 11
Type of script: display script
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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