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
11
Physical type
choirbook
6
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
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tablebook
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Material
paper
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
11
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
8
dark brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
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6
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7
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8
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9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
4
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
7
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
8
single
4
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
6
other
2
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
7
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
3
Dutch
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French
7
German
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Italian
4
Latin
10
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
6
partially texted with two or more texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
7
untexted
11
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (German)
3
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
3
display script
1
hybrida
1
roman
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
5
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
5
blue
1
brown
6
dark brown
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
11
occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
flourished
2
historiated
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
2
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Other decoration frequency: occasionally
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
Other decoration type: littera notabilior
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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