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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Cities
Brussels
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Coimbra
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Mechelen
15
Munich
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
21
Physical type
choirbook
21
Material
paper
7
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
12
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
21
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
9
never
1
none visible
4
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
21
brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
1
1
10
19
11
11
12
3
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5
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7
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12
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14
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15
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9
21
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
7
2-part opening
14
2-part single page
5
3-part opening
21
4-part opening
21
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
18
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
8
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
20
none
2
quadruple
3
single
20
triple
15
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
18
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
13
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
21
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
9
notation and staves extended into margin
15
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
9
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
20
brown
1
red
3
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
21
Monophonic Notation
absent
16
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
9
very high
11
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
12
signes-de-renvoi
19
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
6
Latin
19
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
21
fully texted with two or more texts
10
fully texted with two texts
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
18
display script
21
textura
2
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
9
very high
13
Colour of Text
black
21
blue
1
brown
1
red
21
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
14
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
14
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
12
Borders Size
full borders
4
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
4
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
12
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
5
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
16
occasionally
6
often
2
rarely
6
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
11
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
7
often
2
rarely
6
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
11
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
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Penned initials frequency: rarely
Other decoration frequency: normally
Painted initials type: flourished
Material: parchment and paper (mixed)
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
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