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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Italy
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Cities
Arundel
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Austria
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Basel
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (fragment)
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
6
parchment
1
parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
8
none visible
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
3
dark brown
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
5
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
5
11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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2
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3
3
4
3
5
3
6
4
7
5
8
8
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
1
single
8
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
other
2
partial additional staves
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
3
dark brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
poor
2
very high
1
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
1
none
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
3
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
German
1
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
4
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
humanistic
1
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
2
poor
3
very high
1
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
3
dark brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
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Indentation for initials: single
Pricking frequency: never
Number of staves: 8
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 d, First quarter of the 16th century, All folios
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