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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Cities
Augsburg
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
2
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
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printed treatise with added polyphony
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tablebook
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Material
paper
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
3
upright
2
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
3
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
5
red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
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single rastrum
3
straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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12
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2
2
3
4
4
3
5
1
6
2
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
2
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
3
4-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
3
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
6
Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
none
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
2
German
2
Italian
3
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (German)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
6
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
often
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Perugia, Italy, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, MS 1013 (M.36), 1509-52, 69v-70v, 81v-123r
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 337 (olim Palatino 1178), c. 1520, All folios
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