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
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Belgium
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Germany
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Cities
Augsburg
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Brussels
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Mechelen
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Munich
4
Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
7
Material
paper
4
parchment
2
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
3
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
7
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
1
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10
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11
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
6
3-part opening
7
4-part opening
7
5-part opening
7
6-part opening
5
Indentation for Initials
double
7
single
7
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
Type of Notation
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
5
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two texts
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
5
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
6
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
7
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
Other Decoration Type
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Other decoration frequency: sometimes
Planned initials frequency: occasionally
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Pricking frequency: never
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
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Madrid, Spain, Palacio Real, Biblioteca, MS II/1335, c. 1505-20, All folios
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