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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Cities
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Glarus, Switzerland
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Munich
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Paris
1
Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
4
Material
paper
3
parchment
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
2
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
straightedge
1
Number of staves
2
4
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3
4
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5
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6
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7
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8
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
2
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
2
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Italian
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two texts
2
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
display script
2
hybrida
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
flourished
1
Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Harley 5242, c. 1509-1514, All folios
Cambridge, Great Britain, Magdalene College, MS Pepys 1760, c. 1509-c. 1514, All folios
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