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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Munich
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Munich, Germany
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Schonenberg nr. Bocholt
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
15
Physical type
choirbook
13
monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
12
parchment
3
Format
upright
15
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
5
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
sometimes
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
14
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
3
Number of staves
1
1
10
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12
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14
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10
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10
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12
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15
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13
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9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
9
3-part opening
10
4-part opening
11
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
12
6-part opening
6
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
7
single
13
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
12
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
13
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
15
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
13
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
15
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
4
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
display script
9
textura
15
Level of Calligraphy
high
15
Colour of Text
black
15
blue
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
11
Multiple Texts
no
10
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
5
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
flourished
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
3
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 5
Type of script: textura
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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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