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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Belgium
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Arundel
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Brussels
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Ferrara
1
Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
4
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
Material
paper
1
parchment
4
Format
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
1
none visible
2
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
4
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
1
15
1
16
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17
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
5
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
4
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
4
none
1
single
4
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
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
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
5
blue
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Egerton 3051, c. 1500, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, c. 1515-20, All folios
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