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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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
17
Physical type
chansonnier
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choirbook
12
choirbook (fragment)
1
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
13
parchment
2
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
17
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
3
none visible
7
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
14
brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
12
straightedge
6
Number of staves
1
2
10
7
11
1
12
1
2
13
3
17
4
16
5
17
6
16
7
14
8
15
9
7
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
12
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
17
3-part single page
5
4-part opening
16
4-part single page
4
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
13
6-part opening
7
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
7
single
15
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
12
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
13
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
15
brown
2
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
17
Monophonic Notation
absent
13
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
9
poor
1
very high
2
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
1
French
2
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
17
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
4
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
2
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
7
hybrida
1
textura
10
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
9
poor
2
very high
3
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
15
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
10
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
3
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
diagrams
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Physical format: upright
Number of staves: 3
Type of notation: void mensural
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 2, c. 1515, All folios
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