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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Production method
Manuscript
24
Physical type
choirbook
19
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
poetry collection with some notated music
1
Material
paper
7
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
12
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
3
Format
oblong
4
upright
20
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
9
n/a
1
never
4
none visible
6
normally
3
often
4
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
15
brown
6
dark brown
2
light brown
2
red
2
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
2
printed staves
1
single rastrum
18
straightedge
4
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
1
2
10
14
11
6
12
3
2
5
3
5
4
6
5
10
6
24
7
14
8
15
9
15
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
8
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
12
2-part score
1
2-part single page
6
3-part consecutive
4
3-part opening
17
3-part score
2
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
18
4-part score
1
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
11
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
6
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
11
none
9
single
18
triple
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
18
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
6
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
8
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
16
not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
8
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
14
notation extended into margin
8
partial additional staves
12
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
17
brown
7
dark brown
3
light brown
2
red
3
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (square)
3
full mensural
4
strene notation
1
void mensural
23
Monophonic Notation
absent
22
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
8
poor
2
very high
9
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
4
pointers
3
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
10
signes-de-renvoi
14
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
English
1
Flemish
3
French
10
German
3
Italian
6
Latin
22
Spanish
3
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
8
fully texted with one text
21
fully texted with two or more texts
8
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
6
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
10
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
9
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
14
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
11
hybrida
1
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
10
high
8
very high
8
Colour of Text
black
16
blue
2
brown
8
dark brown
2
dark red
1
green
1
light brown
1
red
12
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
15
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
11
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
3
rarely
8
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
4
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
3
never
3
often
2
rarely
7
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
3
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
9
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
6
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
9
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
4
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
6
normally
1
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
banner
1
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
2
signa congruentiae
1
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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