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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Belgium
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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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12
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13
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
1
quadruple
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single
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triple
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
9
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
8
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
red
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
7
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
8
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
3
Latin
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
4
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
8
display script
6
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
8
Colour of Text
black
9
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
7
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
6
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
8
occasionally
4
often
1
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
4
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
6
normally
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Extra space: left below voice parts as part of grid
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 11
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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