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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Switzerland
1
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1
Venice
1
Vienna
2
Production method
Manuscript
21
Printed work
2
Physical type
chansonnier
1
choirbook
13
monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbook (fragment)
1
partbook (single)
2
partbooks (complete set)
2
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
poetry collection with some notated music
1
Material
paper
12
parchment
10
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
oblong
5
upright
18
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
n/a
2
never
5
none visible
8
normally
2
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
15
brown
7
light brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
2
single rastrum
15
straightedge
6
Number of staves
1
3
10
9
11
4
12
2
13
1
14
1
15
1
16
1
17
1
2
9
3
9
4
15
5
23
6
18
7
13
8
13
9
9
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
9
2-part consecutive
3
2-part opening
8
2-part score
1
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
13
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
13
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
10
6-part opening
7
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
12
none
6
single
19
triple
5
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
staves not ruled on grid
10
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
16
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
8
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
19
blue
1
brown
6
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
2
chant (square)
1
full mensural
3
void mensural
21
Monophonic Notation
absent
18
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
9
n/a
2
poor
3
very high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
3
pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
11
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
Dutch
2
English
2
Flemish
2
French
6
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
21
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
22
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
6
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
8
Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
7
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
9
roman
1
rotonda
1
textura
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
10
n/a
2
poor
1
very high
6
Colour of Text
black
19
blue
2
brown
5
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
11
Multiple Texts
no
15
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
6
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
always
3
never
2
occasionally
3
often
3
rarely
6
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
8
decorated with grotesque heads
3
flourished
2
historiated
3
plain initials
2
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
6
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
6
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
7
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
diagrams
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
1
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 30, 1496-1497, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 53 (olim H.C.49; = MaiM 12), c. 1510-25, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 32, c. 1496-1498, All folios
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