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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Belgium
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Germany
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Augsburg
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Munich, Germany
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1
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3
Production method
Manuscript
20
Physical type
choirbook
20
Material
paper
10
parchment
8
parchment (with paper)
2
Format
upright
20
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
4
never
2
none visible
5
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
15
brown
4
dark brown
1
red
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
18
straightedge
2
Number of staves
1
2
10
9
11
5
12
3
13
2
14
2
15
2
16
1
17
1
2
5
3
5
4
9
5
12
6
15
7
20
8
16
9
13
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
9
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
14
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
16
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
12
6-part opening
7
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
12
none
6
quintuple
1
single
19
triple
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
12
none
1
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
10
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
16
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
17
brown
4
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
19
Monophonic Notation
absent
20
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
16
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
11
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
French
6
German
2
Italian
2
Latin
19
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
19
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
3
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
6
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
8
display script
13
humanistic
1
hybrida
2
textura
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
20
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
16
blue
2
brown
5
dark brown
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
14
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
14
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
7
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
2
rarely
7
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
6
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
2
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
5
Painted Initials Type
decorated
8
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
2
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
3
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
7
occasionally
3
often
3
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
9
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
3
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
3
littera notabilior
3
signes-de-renvoi
1
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Number of staves: 7
Level of calligraphy text: high
Monophonic notation: absent
Physical type: choirbook
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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