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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Belgium
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Czech Republic
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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
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England
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Hradec Králové
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Mechelen
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Munich
9
Munich, Germany
1
Vienna
8
Production method
Manuscript
15
Physical type
choirbook
14
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
13
parchment
2
Format
upright
15
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
4
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
sometimes
6
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
14
brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
13
straightedge
2
Number of staves
1
1
10
4
11
3
12
3
13
2
14
2
15
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16
1
17
1
2
11
3
10
4
13
5
15
6
14
7
15
8
14
9
7
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
7
3-part opening
10
4-part opening
11
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
13
6-part opening
7
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
9
none
5
single
15
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
15
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
13
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
15
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
12
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
German
1
Latin
15
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
14
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
12
textura
12
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
15
Colour of Text
black
15
blue
2
brown
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
14
Multiple Texts
no
10
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
9
flourished
3
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
occasionally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
4
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
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Locations name: Belgium
Monophonic notation: absent
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.121, , All folios
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