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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Augsburg
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Munich
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Stirling
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Vienna
1
Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
3
Material
paper
2
parchment
1
Format
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
2
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
2
11
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12
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part opening
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
2
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
2
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
1
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two texts
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
display script
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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Planned Initials Type
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Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 4
Number of staves: 8
Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 36 (olim H.C.44; = MaiM 61), c. 1515-31, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 510 (= MaiM 4), c. 1513-19,
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