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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Austria
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Netherlands
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Silesia
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Cities
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Production method
Manuscript
29
Printed work
5
Physical type
chansonnier
1
choirbook
22
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
2
partbooks (complete set)
6
poetry collection with some notated music
1
Material
paper
25
parchment
7
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
10
upright
24
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
n/a
5
never
4
none visible
11
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
25
brown
6
light brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
2
single rastrum
24
straightedge
5
Number of staves
1
3
10
9
11
3
12
1
2
17
3
19
4
34
5
28
6
26
7
21
8
20
9
12
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
13
2-part consecutive
3
2-part opening
16
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
19
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
23
4-part single page
5
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
17
6-part opening
9
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
17
none
13
single
26
triple
4
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
5
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
8
variable space, not on grid
17
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
23
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
9
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
34
brown
3
red
2
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (Gothic)
1
full mensural
2
not specified
1
void mensural
32
Monophonic Notation
absent
28
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
14
n/a
5
poor
1
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
5
custodes
1
end symbol
3
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
12
signes-de-renvoi
10
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
4
English
2
French
5
German
5
Italian
2
Latin
29
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
31
fully texted with two or more texts
5
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
partially texted with two or more texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
9
Type of Script
Italic
1
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
4
cursive (bastarda)
6
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
14
roman
3
rotonda
1
textura
14
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
14
n/a
5
very high
5
Colour of Text
black
34
blue
1
brown
3
red
17
Multiple Texts
no
19
yes
16
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
4
often
2
rarely
5
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
2
decorated
5
decorated with grotesque heads
4
flourished
4
historiated
1
plain initials
3
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
10
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
13
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
6
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
6
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
4
often
3
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
diagrams
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 4, c. 1516-18, All folios
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