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
Belgium
9
Cities
Brussels
6
Mechelen
9
Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
11
Material
parchment
10
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
11
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
11
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
11
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
11
Number of staves
1
1
10
11
11
6
12
2
13
1
2
1
4
1
5
3
6
4
7
6
8
9
9
11
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
6
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
8
4-part opening
11
5-part opening
10
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
2
7-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
11
quadruple
2
single
11
triple
11
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
none
1
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
9
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
11
red
3
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
10
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
signa congruentiae
9
signes-de-renvoi
11
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
3
Latin
10
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two or more texts
7
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
11
display script
10
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
10
Colour of Text
black
11
red
11
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
10
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
9
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
5
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
9
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
10
occasionally
4
often
1
rarely
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
8
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
9
often
1
Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
1
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Indentation for initials: triple
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: always
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 6428, c. 1520-1530, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 7, c. 1515, All folios
Montserrat, Spain, Monasterio de S Maria, MS 773, c. 1510-15, All folios
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