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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Locations of Origin
Countries
Belgium
1
Spain
1
Switzerland
1
Cities
Basel
1
Brussels
1
Germany
1
Mechelen
1
Netherlands
1
Seville
1
Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
2
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
2
parchment
2
Format
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
3
none visible
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
4
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
3
11
1
12
2
3
2
4
1
5
3
6
3
7
2
8
4
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
2
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
4
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
2
single
4
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
poor
1
very high
2
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
none
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
1
humanistic
1
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
poor
1
very high
2
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
4
dark brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
often
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
littera notabilior
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
4
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
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Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Number of staves: 8
Other decoration frequency: rarely
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 21, 1521-25, All folios
Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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