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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Great Britain
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2
Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
3
partbook (single)
2
partbooks (complete set)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
2
Material
paper
6
parchment
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
5
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
none visible
4
normally
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
4
dark brown
4
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
2
single rastrum
4
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
2
11
2
2
1
3
2
4
4
6
1
7
2
8
1
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
8
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
3
3-part score
1
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
2
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
2
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
8
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
4
dark brown
4
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
2
strene notation
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
3
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
1
French
3
Italian
4
Latin
7
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
8
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
6
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
4
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
4
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
4
dark brown
4
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
2
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
occasionally
2
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
3
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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Multiple texts: yes
Adhoc adaptation: staveline added
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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