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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Locations of Origin
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Italy
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Cities
Florence
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France
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Milan
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Venice
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
3
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
1
polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
1
Material
paper
4
parchment
2
Format
oblong
3
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
6
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
6
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
3
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
10
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
6
2
8
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
4
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
5
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
5
Italian
4
Latin
6
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
5
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
3
hybrida
2
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
4
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
4
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
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Production method: Manuscript
Ruling medium: freehand
Disposition of voice part: 3-part score
Multiple texts: yes
Type of notation: strene notation
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 5-part single page
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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