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