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
Belgium
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Cities
Arundel
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Brussels
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London
1
Mechelen
3
Pisa
1
Windsor
1
Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
5
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
Material
paper
1
parchment
4
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
2
none visible
1
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
3
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
straightedge
3
Number of staves
10
5
11
2
12
2
13
2
14
1
15
1
16
1
17
1
3
2
4
2
5
3
6
4
7
3
8
4
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
4
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
4
none
2
single
5
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
4
Type of Notation
full mensural
3
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
French
1
Italian
1
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
2
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
5
blue
1
brown
1
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
2
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Cambridge, Great Britain, University Library, MS Nn.6.46, c. 1500, All folios
London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
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