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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Countries
Austria
3
Germany
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Cities
Augsburg
4
Austria
1
Germany (South)
6
Halberstadt
1
Innsbruck
1
Leipzig
2
Munich
6
Torgau
1
Vienna
2
Wittenberg
1
Production method
Manuscript
15
Physical type
choirbook
15
Material
paper
11
paper (with parchment)
3
parchment
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
14
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
4
never
4
none visible
4
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
13
brown
6
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
15
straightedge
2
Number of staves
10
8
11
3
12
3
13
2
14
1
2
5
3
5
4
6
5
6
6
7
7
6
8
8
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
14
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
6
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
n/a
2
Indentation for Initials
double
4
none
6
single
14
triple
1
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
3
none
4
staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
14
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
9
other
3
partial additional staves
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
13
brown
6
Type of Notation
void mensural
15
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
11
high
6
poor
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
2
signa congruentiae
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
German
6
Latin
14
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
14
partially texted with one text
2
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
4
varies
2
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (German)
4
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
5
textura
10
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
9
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
12
brown
6
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
13
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
none visible
1
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
normally
5
occasionally
2
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
9
calligraphic with decoration
3
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
2
occasionally
3
often
3
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
3
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 1597 (olim Colbert 1625), c. 1500, All folios
Cambrai, France, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 18 (20), c. 1520, All folios
Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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