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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Countries
Belgium
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France
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Cities
Brussels
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Cambrai
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Mechelen
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Netherlands
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Production method
Manuscript
10
Physical type
choirbook
10
Material
paper
4
parchment
5
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
never
1
none visible
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often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
10
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
10
Number of staves
1
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12
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13
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
9
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
9
6-part opening
10
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
2
single
10
triple
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
9
staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
red
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
very high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
10
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Latin
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
5
fully texted with two texts
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
10
display script
7
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
very high
6
Colour of Text
black
10
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
7
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
4
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
3
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
often
2
rarely
6
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
4
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
7
occasionally
5
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
3
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
4
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
end-symbol
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Colour of text: brown
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Extra space: left below voice parts as part of grid
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
Leipzig, Germany, Universitätsbibliothek, MS 1494, c. 1490-1504, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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