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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Germany
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Great Britain
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Italy
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Netherlands
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Cities
Augsburg
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Brussels
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England
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Ferrara
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Florence
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Germany (South)
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Italy (North)
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Mechelen
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Munich
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Munich, Germany
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Utrecht
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Vienna
8
Production method
Manuscript
21
Physical type
choirbook
19
monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
poetry collection with some notated music
1
Material
paper
14
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
6
Format
upright
21
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
4
never
1
none visible
8
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
sometimes
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
18
brown
2
n/a
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
19
straightedge
2
Number of staves
1
1
10
6
11
1
12
1
13
1
14
1
2
13
3
13
4
15
5
16
6
21
7
17
8
17
9
8
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
14
2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
14
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
17
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
15
6-part opening
6
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
8
single
19
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
none
3
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
14
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
17
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
20
brown
3
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (square)
2
full mensural
3
void mensural
19
Monophonic Notation
absent
14
present
10
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
13
poor
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
pointers
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
German
3
Latin
21
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
21
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
4
partially texted with one text
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
11
textura
21
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
17
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
21
blue
2
brown
2
dark red
1
green
1
red
15
Multiple Texts
no
16
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
historiated
1
plain initials
3
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
11
calligraphic with decoration
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
5
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
5
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Colour of text: brown
Level of calligraphy music: poor
Miniatures frequency: never
Number of staves: 12
Penned initials frequency: rarely
Physical format: upright
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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