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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Countries
Austria
6
Belgium
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Germany
8
Great Britain
1
Switzerland
2
Cities
Augsburg
2
Basel
2
Brussels
3
Germany
2
London
1
Mechelen
3
Munich
8
Munich, Germany
1
Vienna
6
Windsor
1
Production method
Manuscript
17
Physical type
choirbook
15
choirbook (fragment)
1
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
Material
paper
14
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
17
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
3
none visible
5
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
15
brown
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
15
straightedge
3
Number of staves
1
1
10
6
11
1
12
1
2
11
3
17
4
16
5
17
6
17
7
16
8
17
9
9
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
11
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
14
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
16
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
15
6-part opening
7
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
6
single
17
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
staves not ruled on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
16
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
17
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
16
brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
16
Monophonic Notation
absent
13
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
10
poor
1
very high
1
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
none
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
German
1
Latin
16
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
17
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
4
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
2
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
9
textura
11
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
9
poor
1
very high
2
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
16
blue
1
brown
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
12
Multiple Texts
no
10
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
rarely
6
sometimes
5
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
12
flourished
4
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
3
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
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Number of staves: 5
Separate text: no separate text
Number of staves: 3
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 9126, 1504-1505, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 6 (= MaiM 2), c. 1508-30, All folios
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