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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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
9
Material
paper
2
parchment
7
Format
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
none visible
4
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
7
brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
7
straightedge
2
Number of staves
10
5
11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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4
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7
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
3
3-part opening
6
4-part opening
7
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
5
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
7
single
9
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
staves not ruled on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
5
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
5
display script
7
textura
2
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
9
blue
2
brown
1
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
9
decorated with grotesque heads
3
flourished
1
historiated
2
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
banner
2
decorative final long
3
littera notabilior
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Colour of text: red
Number of staves: 8
Painted initials type: decorated
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Riccardiana, MS 2356, c. 1480-1485, All folios
Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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