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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Cities
Augsburg
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Brussels
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Munich
9
Munich, Germany
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
12
Material
paper
11
parchment
1
Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
3
normally
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occasionally
2
often
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
12
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
2
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
9
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
10
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
11
6-part opening
5
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
5
single
11
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
10
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
Type of Notation
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
7
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
German
1
Latin
12
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
4
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
8
textura
11
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
9
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
12
blue
1
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Number of staves: 2
Number of staves: 4
Number of staves: 7
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of notation: void mensural
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
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