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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Antwerp
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France
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Munich
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
3
Material
paper
1
parchment
2
Format
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
1
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10
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11
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
3
4-part opening
3
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
1
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
1
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
3
zoomorphic initial
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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Indentation for initials: single
Multiple texts: no
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
Penned initials type: plain initials
Type of notation: void mensural
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Dijon, France, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 517, c. 1465-80, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 38 (olim H.C.47; = MaiM 59), c. 1510-31, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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