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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Cities
Arundel
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Brussels
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Mechelen
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Munich
1
Netherlands
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
9
Material
paper
4
parchment
4
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
1
none visible
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
8
straightedge
1
Number of staves
1
1
10
9
11
7
12
4
13
1
14
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15
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16
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17
1
2
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3
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9
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7
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9
9
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
7
4-part opening
8
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
9
6-part opening
9
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
1
single
9
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
staves not ruled on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
very high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
7
display script
8
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
very high
5
Colour of Text
black
9
blue
1
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
often
2
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
4
historiated
2
zoomorphic initial
3
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
3
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
flourished
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
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Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Multiple texts: no
Other decoration frequency: sometimes
Ruling medium: double rastrum
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
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