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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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
5
parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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often
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
2
11
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5
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6
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
5
3-part opening
6
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
6
6-part opening
4
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
2
single
7
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
2
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
6
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
7
brown
1
red
7
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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