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
Belgium
3
Italy
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Cities
Brussels
1
Italy
1
Mechelen
3
Pisa
1
Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
3
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
Material
paper
1
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
2
Format
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
1
occasionally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
1
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
4
11
3
12
1
13
1
6
1
8
2
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
3
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
3
none
1
single
3
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
3
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
Italian
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
3
provided with single incipit
2
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
Other Decoration Type
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 33, 1495-1520, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 1 (olim H.C. 59; = MaiM 7), c. 1510-after 1523, All folios
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