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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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
42
Physical type
chansonnier
1
choirbook
18
choirbook (fragment)
1
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbook (single)
5
partbooks (complete set)
11
poetry collection with some notated music
1
tablebook
1
Material
paper
34
parchment
6
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
18
upright
23
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
10
none visible
20
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
3
rarely
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
24
brown
13
dark brown
3
light brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
5
printed staves
4
single rastrum
23
straightedge
11
triple rastrum
6
Number of staves
1
6
10
8
11
1
12
1
2
23
3
42
4
27
5
26
6
25
7
19
8
19
9
10
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
19
2-part consecutive
3
2-part opening
14
2-part score
1
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
19
3-part single page
5
4-part opening
23
4-part single page
6
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
18
6-part opening
7
8-part opening
2
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
14
none
18
single
27
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left below voice parts as part of grid
6
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
10
staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
17
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
25
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
14
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
13
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
30
blue
1
brown
14
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
3
full mensural
2
void mensural
42
Monophonic Notation
absent
34
present
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
22
high
14
poor
6
very high
2
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
none
1
repeat signs
12
signa congruentiae
12
signes-de-renvoi
11
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
English
2
Flemish
1
French
9
German
7
Italian
8
Latin
35
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
11
fully texted with one text
33
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
6
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
13
untexted
13
Type of Script
cursive
6
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
6
cursive (bastarda)
6
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
6
display script
10
hybrida
1
textura
14
Level of Calligraphy
fair
21
high
15
poor
5
very high
3
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
30
blue
1
brown
13
dark brown
2
dark red
1
green
1
light brown
1
red
15
Multiple Texts
no
20
yes
23
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
2
never
5
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
4
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
2
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
3
plain initials
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
12
occasionally
2
often
3
rarely
7
sometimes
8
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
18
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
4
flourished
6
littera notabilior
3
plain initials
11
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
diagrams
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
4
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.164-167, c. 1515-c. 1540, MS Magliabechi XIX.167 (Cantus), All folios
Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F X 1-4, c. 1518-1526, D: 14-92; A: 15-88; T: 34-116; B: 14-91
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