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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Utrecht
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Vienna
7
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Production method
Manuscript
29
Physical type
chansonnier
1
choirbook
19
choirbook (fragment)
1
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
2
poetry collection with some notated music
2
tablebook
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Material
paper
22
parchment
4
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
4
upright
24
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
6
none visible
11
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
20
brown
8
red
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
5
single rastrum
18
straightedge
9
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
1
5
10
7
11
1
2
22
3
29
4
29
5
27
6
25
7
19
8
19
9
10
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part consecutive
4
2-part opening
13
2-part score
1
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
4
3-part opening
19
3-part single page
4
4-part opening
23
4-part single page
6
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
17
6-part opening
7
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
12
single
25
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
6
staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
17
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
16
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
13
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
5
other
1
partial additional staves
10
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
23
blue
1
brown
7
dark brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
2
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
2
full mensural
3
void mensural
27
Monophonic Notation
absent
22
present
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
14
high
12
poor
3
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
12
signes-de-renvoi
9
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
3
French
2
German
4
Italian
3
Latin
25
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
26
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
5
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
10
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
4
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (italic)
2
display script
10
hybrida
1
textura
14
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
13
poor
2
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
23
blue
1
brown
6
dark brown
2
dark red
1
green
1
red
16
Multiple Texts
no
16
yes
14
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
4
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
3
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
2
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
4
plain initials
4
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
6
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
7
sometimes
5
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
15
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
6
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
4
often
1
rarely
6
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
decorative final long
3
diagrams
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
4
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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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