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
Belgium
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Cities
Brussels
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Germany (South)
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Mechelen
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Wittenberg
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Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
12
Material
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
10
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
12
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
12
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
12
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
12
Number of staves
1
1
10
11
11
7
12
2
13
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2
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4
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
8
4-part opening
12
5-part opening
9
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
12
none
1
quadruple
1
single
12
triple
9
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
12
staves not ruled on grid
12
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
red
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
12
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
very high
9
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
signa congruentiae
9
signes-de-renvoi
11
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
3
Latin
11
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
6
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
11
display script
10
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
very high
9
Colour of Text
black
12
red
12
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
11
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
10
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
5
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
10
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
2
Penned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
11
occasionally
4
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
7
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
8
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Pricking frequency: always
Indentation for initials: double
Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8° 280, c. 1500,
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