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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Germany
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Great Britain
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Cities
Antwerp
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Brussels
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Germany (South)
1
London
1
Mechelen
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Munich
1
Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
8
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
2
parchment
7
Format
oblong
1
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
2
none visible
3
often
2
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
8
straightedge
1
Number of staves
1
2
10
6
11
3
12
1
2
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3
2
4
3
5
5
6
4
7
5
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7
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6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
2
2-part score
1
3-part opening
5
4-part opening
9
5-part opening
4
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
1
quadruple
1
single
8
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
9
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
blue
1
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
very high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
Flemish
1
French
1
Latin
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
2
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
6
display script
6
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
very high
5
Colour of Text
black
8
dark brown
1
red
7
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
none visible
1
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
rarely
5
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
2
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
7
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
2
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
5
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Riccardiana, MS 2356, c. 1480-1485, All folios
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