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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Germany
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Great Britain
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Cities
Arundel
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Brussels
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Germany (South)
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Mechelen
10
Production method
Manuscript
14
Physical type
choirbook
14
Material
paper
3
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
9
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
14
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
6
never
1
none visible
3
normally
1
often
3
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
13
brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
13
straightedge
1
Number of staves
1
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10
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7
12
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13
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15
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16
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17
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9
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14
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9
14
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
7
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
10
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
11
6-part opening
7
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
12
none
1
quadruple
1
single
13
triple
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
none
1
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
8
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
13
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
8
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
14
brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
13
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
6
very high
8
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
11
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
3
French
5
German
1
Latin
13
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
14
fully texted with two or more texts
7
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
11
display script
14
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
very high
8
Colour of Text
black
14
blue
3
brown
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
13
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
10
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
14
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
7
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
3
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
3
often
2
rarely
7
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
12
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
5
occasionally
1
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
7
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
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Copy language name: Latin
Planned initials frequency: normally
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Number of staves: 10
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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