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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Great Britain
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Cities
Arundel
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Augsburg
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Brussels
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England
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Mechelen
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Munich
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Stirling
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
4
11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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Disposition of Voice Parts
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part opening
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
4
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
6
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
4
single
6
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
2
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
3
Colour of Text
black
6
blue
1
brown
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part exact%3a4-part opening
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Indentation for initials: single
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 9126, 1504-1505, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, c. 1515-20, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 22, c. 1500-05, All folios
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