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
Augsburg
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Brussels
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Munich
5
Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
8
Material
paper
6
parchment
2
Format
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
2
normally
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occasionally
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often
2
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
8
Number of staves
10
5
11
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
7
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
8
4-part opening
8
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
8
6-part opening
8
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
2
single
8
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
Type of Notation
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
8
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
1
Latin
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
3
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
6
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
high
7
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
8
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
4
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
Other Decoration Type
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Copy language name: Latin
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Indentation for initials: single
Level of calligraphy music: high
Number of staves: 7
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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