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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Czech Republic
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Cities
Bologna
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Catalonia
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England
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1
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1
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
5
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
Material
paper
5
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
4
normally
2
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
5
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
1
freehand
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single rastrum
6
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
4
11
4
6
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7
2
8
5
9
7
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
6
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
7
3-part score
1
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
4
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
6
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
3
single
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
2
dark brown
2
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
3
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
3
pointers
3
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
5
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
English
1
Flemish
1
French
3
Italian
1
Latin
7
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
7
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
hybrida
1
textura
2
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
3
dark brown
2
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
Borders Frequency
never
3
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Presence absence of text: untexted
Number of staves: 9
Separate text: not in dedicated space
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, c. 1515-20, All folios
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