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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Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
10
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
7
parchment
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Format
oblong
4
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
none visible
7
normally
2
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
8
dark brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
5
straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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4
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6
5
7
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8
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9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
9
3-part single page
4
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
10
single
4
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
12
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
9
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
7
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
11
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
7
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
8
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
8
Italian
6
Latin
11
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
5
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
8
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
9
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
2
display script
1
roman
1
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
5
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
5
blue
1
brown
8
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
4
historiated
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
ornament
1
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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 9, c. 1515, All folios
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