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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Cities
Augsburg
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Germany (South)
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Leipzig
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Munich
12
Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
15
Physical type
choirbook
15
Material
paper
13
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
1
Format
upright
15
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
2
none visible
5
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
14
brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
5
11
2
12
2
13
1
14
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2
9
3
9
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11
5
11
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12
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12
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15
9
7
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
12-part opening
1
2-part opening
8
3-part opening
9
4-part opening
13
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
10
6-part opening
6
8-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
6
single
14
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
11
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
14
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
14
brown
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
15
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
10
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
none
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
3
Latin
15
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
14
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
untexted
2
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
10
textura
13
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
11
poor
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
13
brown
3
red
10
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
littera notabilior
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Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Painted initials type: decorated
Painted initials type: zoomorphic initial
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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