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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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbook (single)
2
Material
paper
7
Format
oblong
3
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
3
none visible
3
occasionally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
5
light brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
5
straightedge
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Number of staves
1
1
10
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11
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4
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3
4
4
5
4
6
3
7
2
8
1
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
3
2-part score
1
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
6
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
5
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
7
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
blue
1
brown
5
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
pointers
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
English
1
French
2
German
1
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
6
partially texted with one text
2
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
2
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
5
dark brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Locations part of: Germany
Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Locations name: Germany (South)
Indentation for initials: single
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
Leipzig, Germany, Universitätsbibliothek, MS 1494, c. 1490-1504, All folios
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