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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Belgium
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Hradec Králové
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Italy
2
Mechelen
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Vic
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
4
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
2
Material
paper
5
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
1
Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
6
occasionally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
5
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
single rastrum
4
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
2
11
2
12
1
2
1
4
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
7
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
3
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
4
single
3
triple
1
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
7
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
4
dark brown
2
Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
5
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
Dutch
1
French
5
Italian
2
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
3
display script
2
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
Colour of Text
black
4
blue
1
brown
4
dark brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Level of calligraphy text: high
Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
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Segovia, Spain, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, MS s.s., c. 1498-1515, All folios
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