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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Germany
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Cities
Austria
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Basel
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Florence
2
Germany
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Germany (South)
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Glarus, Switzerland
1
Italy (North)
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Naples
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Production method
Manuscript
10
Physical type
choirbook
4
choirbook (fragment(s))
2
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
printed treatise with added polyphony
1
Material
paper
9
paper (with parchment)
1
Format
oblong
3
upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
n/a
1
never
10
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
2
light brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
freehand
1
printed staves
1
single rastrum
7
straightedge
2
Number of staves
10
2
4
1
5
1
6
2
7
1
8
2
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
2
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
6
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
4
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
other
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
brown
3
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
4
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
pointers
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
3
German
1
Italian
5
Latin
9
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
8
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
cursive (humanistic)
10
cursive (italic)
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
high
1
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
6
dark brown
1
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
4
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
end-symbol
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Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
Pricking frequency: never
Type of notation: void mensural
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Cambridge, Great Britain, University Library, MS Nn.6.46, c. 1500, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 34 (= MaiM 88), 1521 - c. 1530, All folios
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