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
Germany
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Cities
Germany (South)
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Modena
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Padua
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
3
Material
paper
2
paper (with parchment)
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
2
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
2
gold
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
3
Number of staves
10
1
12
1
5
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part opening
1
4-part opening
3
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
1
gold
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
cue notes
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Italian
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (italic)
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
often
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
often
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
1
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Monophonic notation: absent
Other decoration type: decorative final long
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: always
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 31, 1494-98, All folios
Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.F.9.9 (Ital. 1221; olim VIII.F.27), 1495-6, All folios
Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. IX, c. 1520-30, All folios
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