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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Locations of Origin
Countries
Belgium
20
Cities
Brussels
14
Mechelen
19
Production method
Manuscript
24
Physical type
choirbook
24
Material
paper
3
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
19
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
24
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
14
none visible
4
occasionally
1
often
4
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
24
brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
24
Number of staves
1
1
10
23
11
13
12
4
13
1
2
3
3
2
4
5
5
11
6
13
7
16
8
22
9
24
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
10
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
18
4-part opening
24
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
19
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
6
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
24
quadruple
4
single
22
triple
18
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
23
none
1
staves not ruled
3
staves not ruled on grid
18
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
23
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
10
notation and staves extended into margin
17
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
9
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
24
red
3
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
24
Monophonic Notation
absent
21
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
8
very high
16
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
16
signes-de-renvoi
24
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
4
French
9
Latin
22
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
24
fully texted with two or more texts
13
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
24
display script
22
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
8
very high
17
Colour of Text
black
24
blue
1
red
23
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
17
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
21
Borders Frequency
never
3
occasionally
2
rarely
17
Borders Size
full and partial borders
2
full borders
4
partial borders: one- and two-sided
3
partial borders: one-sided
5
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
never
3
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
17
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
5
flourished
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
22
occasionally
6
often
2
rarely
7
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
3
flourished
4
Planned Initials Frequency
never
12
rarely
6
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
16
occasionally
1
often
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
littera notabilior
1
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 21, 1521-25, All folios
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