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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Belgium
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Cities
Augsburg
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Brussels
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Munich
6
Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
8
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
6
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
none visible
5
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
9
Number of staves
10
3
2
5
3
5
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7
5
7
6
8
7
9
8
9
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
9
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
9
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
7
6-part opening
4
7-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
1
single
9
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
5
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Italian
1
Latin
9
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
5
textura
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
6
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
9
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 7
Physical format: upright
Type of notation: void mensural
Type of script: textura
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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