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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Germany
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Switzerland
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Cities
Augsburg
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Basel
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Brussels
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Germany
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Mechelen
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Munich
7
Munich, Germany
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
11
choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
10
parchment
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Format
upright
12
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
2
none visible
3
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
12
Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
12
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
5
11
2
12
2
2
7
3
9
4
9
5
10
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12
7
12
8
12
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
12
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
12
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
11
6-part opening
7
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
4
single
12
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
12
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
red
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
8
poor
1
very high
2
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
12
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
4
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
8
textura
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
poor
1
very high
3
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
12
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
3
rarely
2
sometimes
5
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
end-symbol
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Copy language name: Latin
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Production method: Manuscript
Separate text: no separate text
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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