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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Belgium
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Brussels
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1
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1
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
5
Material
paper
3
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
1
Format
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
1
none visible
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
2
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
1
single rastrum
4
Number of staves
10
4
11
3
3
1
4
1
5
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6
1
7
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8
3
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
single
5
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
5
space-filler
5
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Latin
4
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
2
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
poor
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
3
dark brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Multiple texts: yes
Non verbal performance instructions: space-filler
Number of staves: 9
Physical format: upright
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 33, 1495-1520, All folios
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