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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Arundel
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Netherlands
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Production method
Manuscript
14
Physical type
choirbook
14
Material
paper
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parchment
5
parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
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none visible
4
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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15
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10
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part opening
8
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
11
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
13
4-part single page
2
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
14
6-part opening
14
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
11
none
2
single
14
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
10
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
14
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
14
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
9
poor
1
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
1
German
1
Latin
13
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
14
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
3
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
6
display script
10
textura
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
10
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
14
blue
1
brown
1
red
11
Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
often
2
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
3
historiated
3
zoomorphic initial
3
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
occasionally
4
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Number of staves: 5
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Leipzig, Germany, Universitätsbibliothek, MS 1494, c. 1490-1504, All folios
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