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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Spain
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
8
Material
paper
4
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
3
normally
3
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
7
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
5
straightedge
3
Number of staves
1
1
10
4
11
4
12
1
2
1
3
2
4
3
5
3
6
5
7
5
8
8
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
6
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
8
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
5
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
3
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
3
quintuple
1
single
8
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
4
dark brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
strene notation
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
3
poor
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
4
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
2
Flemish
1
French
2
Latin
7
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
3
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
2
poor
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
4
dark brown
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
2
historiated
1
plain initials
2
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
8
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
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Number of staves: 8
Penned initials type: plain initials
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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