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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Belgium
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Cities
Antwerp
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Arundel
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Augsburg
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Eton
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Munich
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Netherlands
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
5
Material
parchment
5
Format
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
3
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
straightedge
2
Number of staves
1
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10
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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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4
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5
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6
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
2
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
4
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
5
6-part consecutive
1
6-part opening
4
7-part consecutive
1
8-part consecutive
1
8-part opening
1
9-part consecutive
1
9-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
1
double
4
none
1
single
5
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
4
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
5
blue
1
brown
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
5
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
3
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
2
decorative final long
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Separate text: no separate text
Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Pricking frequency: often
Production method: Manuscript
Penned initials frequency: normally
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
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Rome, Italy, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 2856 (olim O.V. 208), c. 1479-81, All folios
Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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