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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Munich
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
9
Material
paper
5
parchment
3
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
6
straightedge
3
Number of staves
1
1
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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4
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9
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
3
3-part opening
4
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
9
6-part opening
4
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
2
single
9
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
1
staves not ruled
1
variable space, not on grid
9
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
3
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
8
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
2
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
7
textura
6
Level of Calligraphy
high
9
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
9
blue
2
dark red
1
green
1
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
often
1
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
3
littera notabilior
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Physical format: upright
Painted initials frequency: occasionally
Colour of staves: black
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 2245, c. 1490-8, All folios
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