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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France
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Munich
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Munich, Germany
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
11
Material
paper
8
parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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quadruple rastrum
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
8
2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
11
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
11
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
8
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
4
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
4
single
10
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
brown
3
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
French
4
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
10
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
3
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
5
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
2
display script
5
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
6
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
8
brown
3
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
zoomorphic initial
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Pricking frequency: sometimes
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Physical type: choirbook
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 22, c. 1500-05, All folios
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