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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Belgium
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Cities
Augsburg
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Brussels
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Eton
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Germany (South)
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Mechelen
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Munich
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Netherlands
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Production method
Manuscript
21
Physical type
choirbook
21
Material
paper
4
paper (with parchment)
3
parchment
13
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
21
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
9
never
1
none visible
6
normally
1
often
3
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
21
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
20
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
16
11
9
12
4
13
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14
1
15
1
16
1
17
1
2
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3
3
4
6
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8
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12
7
11
8
15
9
13
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
7
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
9
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
21
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
11
5-part single page
1
6-part consecutive
1
6-part opening
6
7-part consecutive
1
8-part consecutive
1
8-part opening
1
9-part consecutive
1
9-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
1
double
15
none
4
single
19
triple
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
14
staves not ruled on grid
21
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
18
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
8
notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
21
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
20
Monophonic Notation
absent
21
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
11
very high
7
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
3
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
12
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
1
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
21
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
21
fully texted with two or more texts
6
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
11
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
11
textura
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
10
very high
9
Colour of Text
black
20
blue
1
brown
2
grey
1
red
17
Multiple Texts
no
13
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
none visible
1
rarely
10
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
12
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
4
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
4
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
11
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
8
decorated with grotesque heads
6
flourished
1
historiated
3
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
14
occasionally
3
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
12
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
5
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
4
normally
2
occasionally
4
often
2
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
4
occasionally
4
often
3
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
banner
2
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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