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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Glarus, Switzerland
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Production method
Manuscript
2
Physical type
choirbook
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
Material
paper
1
parchment
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
1
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
n/a
1
never
1
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
Ruling Medium
printed staves
1
single rastrum
1
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
1
11
1
12
1
5
1
6
1
8
1
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
4-part opening
1
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
single
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
2
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Riccardiana, MS 2794, 1480-1488, All folios
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.121, , All folios
Kraków, Poland, Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Berlin MS Mus. 40098 (olim Z 98 and Z 8037), c. 1477-82, Contratenor Partbook, all folios
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