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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Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
9
choirbook (fragment)
1
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
3
parchment
5
parchment and paper (mixed)
3
Format
upright
11
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
4
normally
3
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
11
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
6
straightedge
4
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
10
4
11
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2
2
3
3
4
3
5
4
6
6
7
11
8
7
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
6
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
11
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
4
quintuple
1
single
11
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
6
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
6
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
6
dark brown
1
red
3
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
strene notation
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
pointers
2
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
7
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
English
2
Flemish
1
French
8
Italian
4
Latin
9
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
6
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
7
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
6
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
7
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
4
poor
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
5
dark brown
2
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
3
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
3
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
2
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
3
rarely
6
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
zoomorphic initial
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
5
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
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Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Number of staves: 7
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 2, c. 1515, All folios
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