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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Belgium
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France
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Italy
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Spain
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Cities
Antwerp
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Arundel
1
Bourges
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Brussels
12
Catalonia
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17
Munich
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Netherlands
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Production method
Manuscript
33
Physical type
choirbook
32
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
Material
paper
8
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
23
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
33
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
14
never
2
none visible
9
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
4
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
26
brown
8
dark brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
1
single rastrum
28
straightedge
4
Number of staves
1
2
10
30
11
18
12
8
13
3
14
2
15
1
16
1
17
1
2
4
3
2
4
4
5
13
6
17
7
19
8
28
9
33
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
9
12-part opening
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
11
2-part single page
7
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
24
3-part single page
4
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
29
4-part single page
4
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
23
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
8
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
25
none
3
quadruple
4
quintuple
1
single
30
triple
17
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
30
none
3
staves not ruled
3
staves not ruled on grid
21
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
25
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
6
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
13
notation and staves extended into margin
23
notation extended into margin
10
other
2
partial additional staves
15
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
27
brown
4
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
5
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
5
void mensural
31
Monophonic Notation
absent
26
present
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
9
very high
20
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
4
custodes
1
end symbol
5
pointers
2
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
20
signes-de-renvoi
28
space-filler
5
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
5
French
12
Italian
2
Latin
30
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
32
fully texted with two or more texts
14
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
8
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
25
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
23
hybrida
2
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
10
poor
2
very high
19
Colour of Text
black
28
blue
2
brown
5
dark brown
2
red
27
Multiple Texts
no
13
yes
22
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
3
rarely
23
Borders Frequency
never
5
occasionally
2
rarely
18
Borders Size
full and partial borders
2
full borders
6
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
4
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
4
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
4
normally
2
often
2
rarely
19
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
6
decorated with grotesque heads
3
historiated
3
plain initials
1
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
3
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
23
occasionally
9
often
3
rarely
11
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
11
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
3
flourished
3
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
never
12
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
11
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
17
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
banner
1
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
3
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 462, 1510-c. 1530, All folios
Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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