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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Munich, Germany
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
9
Material
paper
6
parchment
3
Format
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
9
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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4
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
6
4-part opening
8
5-part opening
9
6-part opening
4
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
3
single
9
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
Type of Notation
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
Level of Calligraphy
high
9
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
4
display script
6
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
9
blue
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
4
flourished
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Level of calligraphy music: high
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 7
Number of staves: 8
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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