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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Belgium
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England
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Germany
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Great Britain
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Switzerland
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Cities
Augsburg
2
Basel
5
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Leipzig
1
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3
Munich
10
Munich, Germany
1
Northamptonshire
1
Spain
1
Stirling
1
Vienna
8
Production method
Manuscript
25
Physical type
choirbook
19
choirbook (fragment(s))
1
choirbook (fragment)
1
choirbook (single quire(s))
3
printed book with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
25
Format
oblong
1
upright
24
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
5
none visible
9
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
sometimes
6
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
21
brown
4
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
5
single rastrum
18
straightedge
5
Number of staves
1
1
10
10
11
5
12
6
13
1
14
1
2
14
3
15
4
19
5
20
6
22
7
25
8
25
9
13
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part opening
12
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
19
3-part single page
5
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
21
4-part single page
6
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
16
6-part opening
8
8-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
11
none
9
single
22
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
3
staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
18
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
22
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
1
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
20
brown
6
Type of Notation
void mensural
25
Monophonic Notation
absent
19
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
12
poor
7
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
none
2
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
8
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
German
3
Italian
1
Latin
24
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
21
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
6
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
4
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
12
hybrida
1
textura
13
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
13
poor
5
very high
1
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
20
blue
1
brown
5
dark brown
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
14
Multiple Texts
no
17
yes
10
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
4
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
5
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
6
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
14
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
2
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Number of staves: 7
Number of staves: 8
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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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