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
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Belgium
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Germany
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Cities
Brussels
1
Mechelen
1
Munich
3
Munich, Germany
1
Vienna
4
Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
5
Material
paper
5
Format
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
1
normally
1
sometimes
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
5
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
5
Number of staves
10
1
11
1
12
1
2
4
3
4
4
5
5
5
6
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7
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8
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9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
4
3-part opening
5
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
3
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
5
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
3
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
Colour of Text
black
5
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
Other Decoration Type
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Extra space: staves not ruled
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 6
Number of staves: 9
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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