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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Great Britain
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Brussels
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London
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Mechelen
4
Munich
5
Munich, Germany
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
14
Physical type
chansonnier
1
choirbook
9
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbooks (complete set)
3
Material
paper
11
parchment
2
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
oblong
3
upright
11
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
4
none visible
3
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
14
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
printed staves
3
single rastrum
9
straightedge
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Number of staves
1
2
10
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11
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8
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14
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11
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11
6
10
7
9
8
10
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
7
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
10
6-part opening
5
8-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
6
single
10
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
9
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
14
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
void mensural
14
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
7
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
3
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
French
1
German
1
Latin
14
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
14
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
6
textura
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
7
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
14
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
14
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
decorated
3
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: black
Multiple texts: yes
Number of staves: 3
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Type of notation: void mensural
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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