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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Germany
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Cities
Augsburg
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Emmerich
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Innsbruck
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Köln
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Leipzig
1
Munich
11
Vienna
7
Wittenberg
1
Zwickau
1
Production method
Manuscript
16
Physical type
choirbook
14
partbooks (complete set)
1
poetry collection with some notated music
1
Material
paper
16
Format
oblong
1
upright
15
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
4
none visible
3
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
sometimes
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
15
brown
3
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
15
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
5
11
2
12
3
13
1
14
1
2
9
3
10
4
11
5
12
6
11
7
11
8
11
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
12-part opening
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
6
3-part opening
7
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
9
6-part opening
5
8-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
6
single
14
triple
1
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
4
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
10
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
13
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
5
other
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
13
brown
4
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
void mensural
15
Monophonic Notation
absent
11
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
8
poor
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
2
signa congruentiae
3
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
German
5
Latin
15
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
4
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (German)
4
display script
9
textura
11
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
10
poor
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
13
brown
4
red
10
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
occasionally
1
often
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
2
normally
3
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
littera notabilior
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
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