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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Countries
Austria
1
Belgium
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England
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France
1
Germany
1
Great Britain
2
Italy
12
Cities
Brussels
4
Florence
4
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France
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Glarus, Switzerland
1
Italy
3
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Netherlands
1
Northamptonshire
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Siena
1
Spain
1
Venice
3
Vienna
1
Windsor
1
Production method
Manuscript
20
Printed work
7
Physical type
choirbook
13
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbook (single)
3
partbooks (complete set)
4
partbooks (incomplete set)
3
printed book with interpolated polyphony
1
tablebook
1
Material
paper
17
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
7
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
15
upright
11
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
n/a
7
never
4
none visible
11
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
11
brown
9
light brown
1
red
2
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
6
freehand
3
single rastrum
8
straightedge
6
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
1
2
10
5
11
1
2
8
3
11
4
27
5
15
6
16
7
8
8
9
9
7
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
14
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
6
2-part score
1
2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
4
3-part opening
12
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
15
4-part single page
7
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
12
single
18
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
14
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
5
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
15
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
12
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
7
other
1
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
19
blue
1
brown
7
dark brown
3
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
2
void mensural
26
Monophonic Notation
absent
26
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
9
n/a
7
poor
1
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
8
custodes
1
end symbol
3
repeat signs
7
signa congruentiae
14
signes-de-renvoi
9
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
2
French
7
German
1
Italian
9
Latin
14
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
10
fully texted with one text
18
fully texted with two or more texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
6
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
5
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
7
Type of Script
Italic
1
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
7
cursive (humanistic)
5
cursive (italic)
2
display script
4
hybrida
1
roman
4
rotonda
2
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
9
n/a
7
poor
2
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
18
blue
1
brown
8
dark brown
2
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
16
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
4
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
3
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
2
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
3
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
4
normally
7
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
4
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
3
rarely
4
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
5
diagrams
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
2
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Type of script: cursive (Anglicana)
Multiple texts: yes
Type of notation: strene notation
Type of notation: chant (square)
Production method: Manuscript
Colour of notation: red
Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
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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
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