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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Czech Republic
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Great Britain
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Cities
Glarus, Switzerland
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Hradec Králové
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London
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Munich
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Paris
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Vienna
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Windsor
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
5
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
5
parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
oblong
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upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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4
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4
4
5
5
5
6
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7
4
8
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9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
3
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
2
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
2
single
6
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
other
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
2
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
English
1
German
1
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
display script
3
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
3
Colour of Text
black
6
brown
2
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
3
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
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Colour of text: red
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Level of calligraphy music: fair
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 9126, 1504-1505, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 2, c. 1515, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 4, c. 1516-18, All folios
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