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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London
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Munich
11
Munich, Germany
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Vienna
8
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1
Production method
Manuscript
21
Physical type
choirbook
20
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
Material
paper
16
parchment
4
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
21
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
6
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
6
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
19
brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
18
straightedge
3
Number of staves
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10
7
11
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12
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2
13
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16
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20
5
21
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20
7
19
8
20
9
11
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
12
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
17
3-part single page
2
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
19
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
17
6-part opening
10
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
13
none
7
single
20
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
17
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
18
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
21
brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
20
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
12
poor
1
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
9
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
Flemish
1
French
1
German
1
Latin
20
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
21
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
5
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
4
display script
13
textura
15
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
13
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
21
blue
1
brown
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
14
Multiple Texts
no
13
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
4
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
1
diagrams
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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