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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Germany (South)
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Munich
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1
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Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
9
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
5
paper (with parchment)
2
parchment
3
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
11
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
4
never
2
none visible
5
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
5
brown
3
dark brown
1
light brown
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
10
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
10
3
11
3
12
3
13
1
3
1
4
2
5
3
6
5
7
4
8
6
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
8
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
4
none
4
single
8
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
staves not ruled on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
brown
4
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
poor
1
very high
1
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
none
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
French
3
German
1
Italian
3
Latin
10
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
10
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
2
rotonda
1
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
4
poor
2
very high
1
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
7
brown
5
dark brown
2
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
6
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
11
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
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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