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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Mechelen
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Munich, Germany
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
6
Material
paper
4
parchment
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
1
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
5
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
5
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
2
11
1
2
3
3
6
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5
6
6
6
7
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8
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9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
6
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
3
single
6
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
red
2
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
3
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
2
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
3
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
2
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
6
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
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Perugia, Italy, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, MS 431 (G.20), 1480-90, All folios
Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
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