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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Munich
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Munich, Germany
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Stirling
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
21
Physical type
choirbook
20
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
Material
paper
16
parchment
4
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
21
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
3
none visible
5
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
3
rarely
1
sometimes
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
21
brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
19
straightedge
3
Number of staves
1
1
10
11
11
6
12
5
13
1
14
1
15
1
2
11
3
15
4
16
5
17
6
20
7
20
8
21
9
14
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part opening
12
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
14
3-part single page
2
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
19
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
21
6-part opening
12
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
15
none
6
single
21
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
none
1
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
21
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
20
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
5
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
21
brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
21
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
13
poor
2
very high
3
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
1
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
9
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
21
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
21
fully texted with two or more texts
5
fully texted with two texts
5
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
7
display script
14
textura
12
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
13
poor
1
very high
5
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
21
blue
1
brown
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
16
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
7
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
2
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
4
flourished
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
6
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
6
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
14
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
6
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
2
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
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Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Type of notation: void mensural
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, c. 1515-20, All folios
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