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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Countries
Austria
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Belgium
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Germany
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Great Britain
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Cities
Arundel
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Augsburg
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Brussels
5
Burgundy
1
Germany (South)
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Mechelen
8
Munich
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
19
Physical type
choirbook
19
Material
paper
12
paper (with parchment)
2
parchment
5
Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
none visible
5
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
3
rarely
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
17
brown
3
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
18
straightedge
1
Number of staves
1
1
10
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11
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14
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15
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16
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17
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7
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10
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15
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14
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18
9
15
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
12-part opening
1
2-part opening
9
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
13
4-part opening
16
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
13
6-part opening
8
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
14
none
5
single
18
triple
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
9
staves not ruled on grid
8
variable space, not on grid
11
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
18
not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
5
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
19
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
18
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
19
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
3
German
1
Latin
19
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
19
fully texted with two or more texts
4
fully texted with two texts
3
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
9
display script
19
textura
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
15
very high
5
Colour of Text
black
19
blue
2
brown
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
18
Multiple Texts
no
12
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
7
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
4
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
8
occasionally
4
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
14
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
6
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
2
normally
2
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Material: parchment (with paper)
Painted initials frequency: always
Physical type: choirbook
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 33, 1495-1520, All folios
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