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
Switzerland
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Cities
Basel
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Germany
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook (fragment(s))
3
choirbook (fragment)
1
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
Material
paper
5
Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
2
dark brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
2
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
3
13
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14
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2
1
3
1
4
2
5
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6
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7
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8
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
2
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
3
4-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
none
2
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
4
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
signa congruentiae
2
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (German)
3
cursive (humanistic)
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
poor
2
Colour of Text
brown
5
Multiple Texts
no
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Borders frequency: occasionally
Borders size: partial borders: one- and two-sided
Indentation for initials: single
Monophonic notation: absent
Painted initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Penned initials frequency: normally
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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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