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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Belgium
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
4
choirbook (fragment)
1
Material
paper
2
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
2
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
straightedge
2
Number of staves
10
3
2
1
3
5
4
5
5
5
6
5
7
5
8
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9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
4
4-part opening
5
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
1
single
5
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Indentation for initials: single
Number of staves: 16
Other decoration type: decorative final long
Penned initials frequency: sometimes
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 2, c. 1515, All folios
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