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
5
Belgium
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Czech Republic
1
Germany
4
Cities
Belgium
1
Brussels
1
France
1
Mechelen
1
Munich
4
Munich, Germany
1
Netherlands
1
Prague
1
Vienna
5
Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
8
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
Material
paper
8
parchment
1
Format
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
sometimes
9
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
9
Number of staves
10
2
11
2
12
2
2
4
3
4
4
6
5
7
6
7
7
6
8
9
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
9
4-part single page
2
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
7
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
4
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
3
single
9
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
5
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
Dutch
1
French
1
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
5
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
6
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
8
brown
1
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 8
Physical format: upright
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Pricking frequency: sometimes
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 15123 (olim Suppl. Fr. 2637), c.1480-4, All folios
Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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