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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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
6
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
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Material
parchment
7
parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
oblong
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upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
none visible
4
normally
2
rarely
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
5
light brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
5
straightedge
2
Number of staves
2
1
3
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4
3
5
2
6
2
7
3
8
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9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
4
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
4
quintuple
1
single
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
5
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
6
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
1
French
6
Italian
2
Latin
6
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
2
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
3
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
hybrida
2
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
3
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
8
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
6
flourished
2
historiated
1
plain initials
2
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.117, c. 1505-1515, All folios
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