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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Cities
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Basel
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Germany (South)
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Innsbruck
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (fragment)
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbook (fragment(s))
1
partbooks (complete set)
4
Material
paper
9
Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
7
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
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7
5
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6
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7
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
1
4-part opening
3
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
6
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
4
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
3
French
3
German
5
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
partially texted with two or more texts
1
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive (German)
9
cursive (humanistic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
high
1
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
4
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Type of script: cursive (German)
Type of notation: void mensural
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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