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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Locations of Origin
Countries
France
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Germany
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Great Britain
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Italy
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Spain
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Switzerland
1
Cities
Arundel
1
Basel
1
Florence
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Freiburg
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Glarus, Switzerland
1
Halberstadt
1
Leipzig
1
Naples
1
Paris
1
Schonenberg nr. Bocholt
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Torgau
1
Vic
1
Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
5
monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
1
Material
paper
6
parchment
2
Format
oblong
2
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
6
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
2
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
2
straightedge
8
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
1
1
10
4
11
4
12
3
13
2
14
1
15
1
16
1
17
1
2
2
3
3
4
2
5
4
6
2
7
1
8
1
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
2
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
2
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
6
single
3
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
3
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
4
poor
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
German
2
Latin
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one text
8
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
5
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
1
display script
1
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
4
poor
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
6
blue
1
brown
3
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
flourished
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
3
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
often
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
3
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
diagrams
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 33, 1495-1520, All folios
Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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