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
Germany
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Switzerland
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Cities
Basel
4
Freiburg
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Germany
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Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
2
Material
paper
4
Format
oblong
3
upright
1
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
3
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
2
straightedge
1
Number of staves
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
1
6
1
7
1
8
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
1
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
1
4-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
left below voice parts as part of grid
3
none
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
poor
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
1
German
4
Italian
1
Latin
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (German)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
3
Multiple Texts
no
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
littera notabilior
1
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
Other Decoration Type
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Copy language name: German
Level of calligraphy music: poor
Locations part of: Switzerland
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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