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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Cities
Augsburg
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Brussels
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Munich
6
Munich, Germany
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
10
Physical type
choirbook
10
Material
paper
7
parchment
3
Format
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
none visible
2
normally
1
often
2
sometimes
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
10
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
10
Number of staves
10
3
2
10
3
7
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9
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9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
9
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
9
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
9
6-part opening
4
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
4
single
9
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
Type of Notation
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Latin
10
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
4
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
7
textura
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
10
blue
1
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Indentation for initials: double
Number of staves: 2
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, c. 1515-20, All folios
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