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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Belgium
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Czech Republic
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Germany
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Italy
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Cities
Brussels
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Florence
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France
2
Mechelen
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Munich
4
Munich, Germany
1
Netherlands
1
Prague
1
Vienna
5
Wittenberg
1
Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
12
Material
paper
8
parchment
4
Format
upright
12
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
sometimes
12
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
9
brown
2
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Ruling Medium
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
11
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
10
4
11
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12
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9
9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
7
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
10
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
2
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
8
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
4
Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
3
single
12
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
brown
2
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
French
3
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
11
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
3
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
4
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
2
display script
5
textura
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
6
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
10
brown
2
red
10
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
3
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
3
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
zoomorphic initial
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Indentation for initials: single
Material exact%3apaper
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: sometimes
Type of notation: void mensural
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouvelles acquisitions françaises MS 1817, c. 1514-23, All folios
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