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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Countries
Austria
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Cities
Augsburg
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Brussels
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Munich
5
Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
8
Material
paper
5
parchment
2
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
none visible
3
sometimes
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
8
Number of staves
1
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10
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11
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
7
3-part opening
8
4-part opening
8
5-part opening
7
6-part opening
5
Indentation for Initials
double
8
single
8
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
Type of Notation
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
6
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two texts
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
6
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
8
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
2
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Colour of staves: red
Multiple texts: no
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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