PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
Toggle navigation
Home
Search
About
How to use the resource
Source list
Bibliography
Search
Search:
Filters
Date
Locations of Origin
Countries
Great Britain
5
Cities
Arundel
2
England
1
London
2
Stirling
1
Windsor
1
Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
5
Material
paper
1
parchment
2
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
3
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
3
Ruling Medium
straightedge
5
Number of staves
10
4
11
4
12
4
13
3
14
3
15
2
16
1
17
1
3
1
4
2
5
4
6
4
7
5
8
5
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part opening
1
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
2
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
2
5-part consecutive
3
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
1
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
1
red
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
4
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
4
display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
Colour of Text
black
5
blue
1
brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
littera notabilior
1
Filters applied
Clear all filters
Multiple texts: no
Locations part of: Great Britain
Number of staves: 9
Search results
2
Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 9, c. 1515, All folios
1