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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Production method
Manuscript
18
Physical type
choirbook
18
Material
paper
5
parchment
12
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
6
normally
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often
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
4
3-part opening
15
4-part opening
18
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
14
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
7
Indentation for Initials
double
18
none
2
quadruple
2
single
18
triple
12
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
14
staves not ruled on grid
18
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
18
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
9
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
18
red
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
18
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
9
very high
8
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
9
signes-de-renvoi
15
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
4
Latin
16
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
18
fully texted with two or more texts
7
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
14
display script
14
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
8
very high
9
Colour of Text
black
18
red
15
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
11
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
11
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
12
Borders Size
full borders
4
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
5
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
never
4
occasionally
3
rarely
9
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
3
flourished
1
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
12
occasionally
4
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
4
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
5
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
8
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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end-symbol
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Ruling medium: single rastrum
Separate text: no separate text
Number of staves: 8
Indentation for initials: double
Number of staves: 7
Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Colour of text: black
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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