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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Great Britain
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Cities
London
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1
Munich
5
Stirling
1
Utrecht
1
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
6
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
8
parchment
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
2
none visible
3
normally
1
occasionally
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
3
Ruling Medium
freehand
3
single rastrum
6
straightedge
3
Number of staves
1
2
10
1
11
1
12
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2
8
3
8
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9
5
9
6
8
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7
8
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9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
5
2-part score
1
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
6
6-part opening
4
Indentation for Initials
double
4
none
3
single
8
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
blue
1
brown
2
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
1
present
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
4
poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
German
1
Latin
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
4
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
1
display script
4
textura
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
5
Colour of Text
black
8
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
Painted Initials Type
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Monophonic notation: present
Number of staves: 4
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Montecassino, Italy, Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, MS 871, late 15th century, pp. 247-434
Perugia, Italy, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, MS 431 (G.20), 1480-90, All folios
Segovia, Spain, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, MS s.s., c. 1498-1515, All folios
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