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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Florence
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Production method
Manuscript
17
Physical type
choirbook
15
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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tablebook
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Material
paper
8
paper (with parchment)
2
parchment
6
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
4
upright
12
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
11
normally
3
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
9
dark brown
4
gold
1
light brown
2
red
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
4
freehand
2
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
13
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
4
Number of staves
1
1
10
5
11
3
2
1
3
1
4
2
5
2
6
9
7
5
8
8
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
7
2-part score
1
2-part single page
8
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
17
3-part score
2
3-part single page
8
4-part opening
15
4-part score
1
4-part single page
8
5-part opening
6
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
8
single
13
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
17
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
14
provided, in dedicated space
6
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
7
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
16
notation extended into margin
12
other
1
partial additional staves
10
staveline added
10
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
12
dark brown
4
gold
1
light brown
3
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
3
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
17
Monophonic Notation
absent
12
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
10
high
6
poor
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
6
pointers
5
repeat signs
17
signa congruentiae
10
signes-de-renvoi
9
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
5
English
1
Flemish
1
French
12
Italian
10
Latin
12
Spanish
3
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
17
fully texted with one text
13
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one or two texts
5
partially texted with one text
14
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
7
provided with single incipit
15
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
16
Type of Script
cursive
5
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
7
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
2
hybrida
3
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
high
6
poor
5
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
12
dark brown
4
gold
1
light brown
3
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
15
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
always
2
never
3
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
6
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
3
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
2
flourished
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
4
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
3
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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