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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Augsburg
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Brussels
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Flanders
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Innsbruck
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Mechelen
5
Munich
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Munich, Germany
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
18
Physical type
chansonnier
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choirbook
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Material
paper
11
parchment
6
parchment (with paper)
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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
3
never
1
none visible
6
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
17
brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
18
Number of staves
1
1
10
7
11
4
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9
3
10
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12
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18
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16
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16
9
8
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
11
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
16
4-part opening
18
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
15
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
6
Indentation for Initials
double
14
none
4
quadruple
3
single
17
triple
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
10
variable space, not on grid
9
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
15
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
5
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
17
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
18
Monophonic Notation
absent
12
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
9
poor
1
very high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
9
signes-de-renvoi
9
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
Flemish
1
French
4
German
2
Latin
15
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
18
fully texted with two or more texts
5
fully texted with two texts
4
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
8
display script
14
textura
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
13
very high
5
Colour of Text
black
17
brown
1
red
14
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
11
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
6
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
4
occasionally
3
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
6
occasionally
4
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
4
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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