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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Countries
Austria
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Belgium
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Czech Republic
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Germany
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Italy
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Cities
Belgium
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Brussels
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France
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Mechelen
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Modena
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Munich
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Munich, Germany
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Netherlands
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Prague
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Vienna
5
Wittenberg
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Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
11
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
10
parchment
2
Format
upright
12
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
sometimes
12
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
9
brown
3
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
12
Number of staves
10
4
11
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12
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
7
2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
10
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
9
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
5
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
4
single
11
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
brown
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
Dutch
1
French
3
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
12
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
4
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
5
textura
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
6
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
9
brown
3
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
3
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
3
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
plain initials
2
zoomorphic initial
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
banner
1
littera notabilior
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Pricking frequency: sometimes
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Barcelona, Spain, Biblioteca de Catalunya, M. 454, 1500–1534, All folios
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