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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Brussels
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Mechelen
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Munich
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Munich, Germany
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
7
Material
paper
5
parchment
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Format
upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
2
normally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
5
brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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4
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
5
3-part opening
7
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
5
quintuple
1
single
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two texts
7
partially texted with one text
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
3
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
2
light brown
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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Number of staves: 8
Presence absence of text: fully texted with two texts
Level of calligraphy music: high
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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