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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Netherlands
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Cities
Augsburg
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Brussels
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1
France
1
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4
Munich
1
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1
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
6
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
poetry collection with some notated music
1
Material
parchment
9
Format
oblong
1
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
4
never
2
none visible
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
6
brown
2
light brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
freehand
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single rastrum
7
straightedge
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Number of staves
1
1
10
5
11
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3
3
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4
9
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6
6
6
7
6
8
6
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
5
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
5
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
1
single
7
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
none
2
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
brown
3
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
5
poor
1
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
3
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
6
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
3
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
4
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
8
blue
1
brown
2
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
6
Borders Size
full borders
4
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
normally
2
occasionally
3
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
5
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
historiated
2
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
often
2
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
diagrams
1
end-symbol
1
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Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Material: parchment
Number of staves: 4
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
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