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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Cities
Augsburg
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Munich
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Munich, Germany
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Spain
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
14
Physical type
choirbook
14
Material
paper
11
parchment
3
Format
oblong
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upright
13
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
1
none visible
2
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
2
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
12
brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
12
straightedge
2
Number of staves
1
1
10
5
2
14
3
11
4
12
5
13
6
13
7
13
8
13
9
8
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
8
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
11
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
13
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
11
6-part opening
5
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
4
single
13
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
10
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
1
other
1
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
13
brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
14
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
8
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
3
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
14
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
13
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
11
hybrida
1
textura
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
10
poor
1
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
13
blue
2
brown
1
dark brown
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
14
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
3
rarely
2
sometimes
5
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
11
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
2
often
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Physical type: choirbook
Number of staves: 2
Colour of text: red
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.350 (olim Magliabechi XXXVI. 113), 1514-1521, All folios
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