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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Locations of Origin
Countries
Austria
6
Germany
9
Cities
Augsburg
2
Munich
9
Vienna
6
Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
9
Material
paper
8
parchment
1
Format
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
3
normally
1
occasionally
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
9
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
9
Number of staves
10
2
2
7
3
7
4
9
5
9
6
9
7
9
8
9
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
8
3-part opening
9
4-part opening
9
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
8
6-part opening
6
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
3
single
9
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
8
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
Type of Notation
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
7
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two texts
3
Type of Script
display script
6
textura
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
8
Colour of Text
black
9
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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
occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
1
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Copy language name: Latin
Material: parchment
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
Number of staves: 5
Painted initials frequency: often
Pricking frequency: sometimes
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Barcelona, Spain, Biblioteca de Catalunya, M. 681 (=PedC 386), c. 1525-1550, All folios
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
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