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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Belgium
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Cities
Brussels
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Germany (South)
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Italy (North)
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Mantua
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Mechelen
10
Padua
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Production method
Manuscript
15
Physical type
choirbook
15
Material
paper
2
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
12
Format
upright
15
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
1
none visible
2
often
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
14
brown
1
light brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
14
Number of staves
10
15
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7
12
3
13
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2
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4
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5
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7
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8
12
9
14
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
7
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
12
4-part opening
15
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
12
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
5
Indentation for Initials
double
13
none
2
quadruple
3
single
13
triple
10
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
14
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
11
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
15
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
15
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
15
brown
1
red
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
15
Monophonic Notation
absent
13
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
very high
11
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
11
signes-de-renvoi
14
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
3
French
7
German
1
Latin
15
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two or more texts
9
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
13
cursive (italic)
1
display script
13
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
very high
11
Colour of Text
black
15
blue
1
brown
1
red
14
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
15
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
11
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
4
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
13
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
13
occasionally
4
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
10
occasionally
1
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
11
occasionally
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Borders frequency: never
Colour of staves: red
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Monophonic notation: absent
Painted initials type: plain initials
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 30, 1496-1497, All folios
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