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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Switzerland
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Cities
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Production method
Manuscript
27
Physical type
choirbook
14
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbook (single)
4
partbooks (complete set)
6
partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
25
parchment
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
12
upright
15
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
27
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
27
Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
1
double rastrum
2
freehand
2
single rastrum
21
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
4
Number of staves
1
1
10
4
11
5
12
1
2
4
3
5
4
7
5
5
6
7
7
4
8
5
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
15
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
12
2-part score
1
2-part single page
9
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
12
3-part score
1
3-part single page
8
4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
16
4-part score
1
4-part single page
8
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
11
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
3
none
17
single
10
varies
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
20
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
4
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
14
not in dedicated space
14
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
5
made for complete additional staves
14
notation and staves extended into margin
21
notation extended into margin
9
other
1
partial additional staves
18
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
14
brown
19
Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
26
Monophonic Notation
absent
23
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
21
high
3
poor
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
4
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
11
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
6
Dutch
2
Flemish
1
French
13
German
6
Italian
9
Latin
24
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
9
fully texted with one text
22
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
8
partially texted with two or more texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
17
untexted
16
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive
8
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
5
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
3
display script
3
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
textura
3
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
27
high
4
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
14
blue
3
brown
20
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
16
yes
15
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
9
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
2
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
13
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
8
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
10
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
5
occasionally
3
often
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
5
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
Colour of staves: brown
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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