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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Locations of Origin
Countries
Austria
7
Germany
13
Cities
Augsburg
1
Germany (South)
1
Munich
9
Munich, Germany
1
Vienna
7
Wittenberg
3
Production method
Manuscript
15
Physical type
choirbook
15
Material
paper
15
Format
upright
15
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
none visible
2
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
sometimes
6
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
15
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
15
Number of staves
1
1
10
5
11
1
12
1
2
9
3
9
4
10
5
10
6
10
7
10
8
11
9
7
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
12-part opening
1
2-part opening
6
3-part opening
7
4-part opening
13
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
9
6-part opening
4
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
6
single
13
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
11
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
14
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
15
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
2
void mensural
15
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
9
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
3
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
15
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
untexted
1
Type of Script
display script
10
textura
15
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
11
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
15
blue
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
15
Multiple Texts
no
10
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
1
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Indentation for initials: single
Non verbal performance instructions: coronae
Number of staves: 8
Pricking frequency: never
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 21, 1521-25, All folios
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