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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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbook (single)
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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parchment
5
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
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upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
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none visible
3
normally
2
rarely
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
4
light brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
3
straightedge
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Number of staves
2
1
3
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4
4
5
3
6
2
7
2
8
4
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
3
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
3
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
4
quintuple
1
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
4
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
poor
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
French
4
German
1
Italian
2
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
hybrida
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
5
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
2
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
7
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
3
Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 463, c. 1540 or slightly later, All folios
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