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
France
1
Italy
18
Switzerland
1
Cities
Basel
1
Belgium
1
Florence
9
France
3
Glarus, Switzerland
1
Italy (North)
2
Mantua
2
Naples
3
Paris
1
Pordenone
1
Rome
2
Siena
1
Spain
1
Switzerland
1
Venice
2
Production method
Manuscript
24
Printed work
4
Physical type
choirbook
17
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
3
partbooks (complete set)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
2
printed treatise with added polyphony
1
tablebook
1
Material
paper
18
paper (with parchment)
3
parchment
5
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
13
upright
14
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
n/a
5
never
5
none visible
15
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
6
brown
15
dark brown
3
gold
1
light brown
1
red-brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
4
freehand
3
printed staves
1
quadruple rastrum
2
single rastrum
15
straightedge
4
triple rastrum
5
Number of staves
1
1
10
2
2
3
3
4
4
9
5
5
6
12
7
7
8
6
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
11
2-part opening
6
2-part score
1
2-part single page
10
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
16
3-part score
1
3-part single page
8
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
20
4-part score
1
4-part single page
13
5-part opening
4
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
17
single
16
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
20
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
5
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
not in dedicated space
11
provided, in dedicated space
10
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
17
notation extended into margin
13
other
1
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
7
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
14
brown
15
dark brown
1
gold
1
red
1
red-brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
28
Monophonic Notation
absent
27
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
14
high
7
n/a
4
poor
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
5
custodes
1
end symbol
5
pointers
3
repeat signs
17
signa congruentiae
13
signes-de-renvoi
14
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
6
French
17
German
3
Italian
28
Latin
19
Spanish
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
18
fully texted with one text
18
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
7
partially texted with one text
14
provided with one or two incipits
9
provided with single incipit
21
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
18
Type of Script
Italic
1
cursive
4
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
5
cursive (humanistic)
10
cursive (italic)
2
display script
2
hybrida
3
roman
3
rotonda
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
14
high
9
n/a
4
poor
4
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
12
blue
3
brown
15
dark brown
4
gold
1
grey
1
red
6
red-brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
14
yes
18
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
4
normally
8
occasionally
2
often
4
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
11
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
decorated
1
flourished
4
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
3
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
3
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London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Bologna, Italy, Biblioteca Universitaria, MS 2573 (2231), 1490s, All folios
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