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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Munich
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Production method
Manuscript
14
Physical type
choirbook
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tablebook
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Material
paper
7
parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
1
upright
12
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
14
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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light brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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8
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5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
7
2-part score
1
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
13
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
12
4-part score
1
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
7
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
3
quadruple
1
single
14
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
12
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
5
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
8
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
7
light brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
14
Monophonic Notation
absent
12
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
7
poor
1
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
pointers
2
repeat signs
9
signa congruentiae
14
signes-de-renvoi
10
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
Flemish
1
French
9
Italian
4
Latin
11
Spanish
2
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
8
fully texted with one text
13
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
4
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
7
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
9
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
8
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
8
cursive (italic)
1
display script
3
hybrida
3
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
6
poor
3
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
7
brown
6
light brown
2
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
10
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
2
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
2
normally
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occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
2
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
flourished
2
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
littera notabilior
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Ruling medium: single rastrum
Indentation for initials: single
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 33, 1495-1520, All folios
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