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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Italy
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Spain
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Production method
Manuscript
23
Printed work
3
Physical type
chansonnier
1
choirbook
5
partbook (fragment(s))
1
partbook (single)
5
partbooks (complete set)
7
partbooks (incomplete set)
6
printed book with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
21
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
3
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
oblong
18
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
4
n/a
3
never
4
none visible
12
normally
1
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
10
brown
11
dark brown
3
light brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
5
freehand
3
single rastrum
14
straightedge
3
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
1
2
10
5
11
1
12
1
2
7
3
6
4
26
5
10
6
10
7
8
8
7
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
26
2-part opening
4
2-part score
1
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
12
single
15
triple
1
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
18
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
18
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
6
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
14
notation extended into margin
4
other
2
partial additional staves
10
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
17
blue
1
brown
5
dark brown
6
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
not specified
1
void mensural
25
Monophonic Notation
absent
24
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
8
n/a
3
poor
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
4
end symbol
2
repeat signs
7
signa congruentiae
14
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
4
English
2
French
10
German
3
Italian
4
Latin
19
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
10
fully texted with one text
21
fully texted with two or more texts
4
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
9
partially texted with two or more texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
6
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
10
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
4
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
9
cursive (italic)
1
display script
5
hybrida
1
roman
2
rotonda
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
high
12
n/a
3
poor
1
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
16
blue
1
brown
6
dark brown
5
red
7
Multiple Texts
no
10
yes
17
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
8
normally
8
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
9
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
1
rarely
5
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
2
rarely
4
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
2
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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Number of staves: 4
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 6428, c. 1520-1530, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
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