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
Austria
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Belgium
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Czech Republic
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Germany
12
Great Britain
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Switzerland
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Cities
Augsburg
2
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Germany (South)
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Glarus, Switzerland
1
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3
Munich
10
Munich, Germany
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Northamptonshire
1
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1
Stirling
1
Vienna
8
Wittenberg
1
Production method
Manuscript
23
Physical type
choirbook
19
choirbook (fragment)
1
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
partbook (single)
1
printed book with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
23
Format
oblong
1
upright
22
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
4
none visible
6
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
7
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
20
brown
4
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
2
single rastrum
19
straightedge
4
Number of staves
1
1
10
8
11
4
12
4
2
13
3
15
4
19
5
19
6
19
7
19
8
20
9
10
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part opening
10
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
16
3-part single page
2
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
20
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
16
6-part opening
9
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
12
none
7
single
22
triple
2
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
23
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
21
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
6
other
2
partial additional staves
4
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
22
brown
5
Type of Notation
void mensural
23
Monophonic Notation
absent
17
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
12
poor
3
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
1
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
German
1
Latin
23
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
22
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one text
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
3
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
13
textura
13
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
13
poor
2
very high
2
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
21
blue
1
brown
5
dark red
1
green
1
red
16
Multiple Texts
no
15
yes
11
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
2
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
3
flourished
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
3
rarely
4
sometimes
8
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
15
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
6
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
3
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
3
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Oxford, Great Britain, Bodleian Library, [Printed Book] Arch. A.c.10, c.1510-20, 34-43
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 462, 1510-c. 1530, All folios
Regensburg, Germany, Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, MS C 98, second quarter of the 16th century, All folios
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