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
Countries
Italy
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Cities
Florence
1
Italy
2
Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
2
partbooks (incomplete set)
2
Material
paper
4
Format
oblong
2
upright
2
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
4
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
single rastrum
2
Number of staves
10
1
4
2
7
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
2
4-part opening
1
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
4
single
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
3
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
4
Italian
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
2
partially texted with one text
2
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
1
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
Colour of Text
brown
4
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
historiated
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
1
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Pricking frequency: none visible
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
Padua, Italy, Biblioteca Capitolare, MS A 17, 1522, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 4, c. 1516-18, All folios
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