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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Austria
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Cities
Augsburg
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Germany (South)
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Innsbruck
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Milan
1
Munich
1
Venice
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
2
polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
1
Material
paper
2
paper (with parchment)
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
Number of staves
10
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2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
3
8
1
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
3
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
2
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
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
2
brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
2
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
2
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
display script
1
hybrida
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
3
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
1
littera notabilior
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Colour of text: brown
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 6
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 30, 1496-1497, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds du conservatoire MS Rés. 862, c. 1503-5, 73-88
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