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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Germany
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Germany (South)
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Leipzig
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
5
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
Material
paper
6
Format
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
6
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
4
dark brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
5
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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6
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7
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8
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9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
1
n/a
2
Indentation for Initials
none
4
single
4
triple
1
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
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
4
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
other
2
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
5
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
none
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
3
German
3
Italian
2
Latin
6
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
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
3
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
4
varies
2
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (German)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
6
dark brown
1
red
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
often
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Type of notation: chant (square)
Borders frequency: never
Number of staves: 8
Number of staves: 6
Planned initials frequency: rarely
Number of staves: 10
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Fioretti di frottole barzelette capitoli strambotti e sonetti libro secondo, Naples, Italy, 1519, , "Mccccc xviiii ad viiii de Octtobro", 48f.
Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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