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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Augsburg
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Brussels
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Ferrara
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Mechelen
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Munich
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Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
parchment
12
Format
upright
12
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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normally
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
11
brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
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2-part single page
2
3-part opening
10
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
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5-part opening
10
6-part opening
4
7-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
1
quadruple
1
single
10
triple
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
none
1
staves not ruled
3
staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
very high
7
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
10
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
4
Latin
12
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two or more texts
7
provided with one or two incipits
1
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive (bastarda)
10
display script
9
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
6
very high
9
Colour of Text
black
12
blue
1
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
10
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
9
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
10
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
4
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
9
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
11
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
6
normally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
6
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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ornament
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Material: parchment
Separate text: no separate text
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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