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
Belgium
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Germany
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Great Britain
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Cities
Augsburg
1
Brussels
1
London
1
Mechelen
1
Munich
1
Windsor
1
Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
3
Material
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
none visible
1
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
2
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
2
2
1
3
1
4
3
5
2
6
3
7
3
8
3
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
3
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
3
4-part opening
3
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
1
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
French
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two or more texts
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
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Number of staves: 4
Number of staves: 8
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5465, c. 1500, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 510 (= MaiM 4), c. 1513-19,
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