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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Locations of Origin
Countries
Belgium
16
Cities
Brussels
12
Mechelen
15
Production method
Manuscript
16
Physical type
choirbook
16
Material
paper
3
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
12
Format
upright
16
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
8
never
1
none visible
3
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
16
brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
16
Number of staves
10
16
11
8
12
3
13
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
5
7
6
11
7
11
8
15
9
16
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
9
2-part single page
5
3-part opening
13
4-part opening
16
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
14
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
6
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
16
none
1
quadruple
2
single
15
triple
14
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
15
none
1
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
12
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
16
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
8
notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
9
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
16
red
3
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
16
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
6
very high
10
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
12
signes-de-renvoi
16
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
3
French
8
Latin
16
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
16
fully texted with two or more texts
12
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
16
display script
14
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
very high
12
Colour of Text
black
16
blue
1
red
16
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
16
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
13
Borders Frequency
never
3
occasionally
2
rarely
9
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
4
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
3
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
10
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
4
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
13
occasionally
5
often
2
rarely
7
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
3
flourished
4
Planned Initials Frequency
never
8
often
1
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
10
often
2
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
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Colour of notation: blue
Pricking frequency: normally
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Colour of text: brown
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 34 (= MaiM 88), 1521 - c. 1530, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS F (= MaiM 3), 1508-34, All folios
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