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
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Italy
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Cities
Ferrara
1
Glarus, Switzerland
1
Naples
1
Paris
1
Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
3
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
Material
paper
2
parchment
2
Format
oblong
1
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
2
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
red
2
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
2
straightedge
2
Number of staves
1
1
10
1
11
1
12
1
13
1
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
2
6
1
7
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
3
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
7-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
1
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
humanistic
1
hybrida
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
2
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
flourished
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
4
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
diagrams
1
littera notabilior
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
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Padua, Italy, Biblioteca Capitolare, MS A 17, 1522, All folios
Bologna, Italy, Biblioteca Universitaria, MS 2573 (2231), 1490s, All folios
Rome, Italy, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 2856 (olim O.V. 208), c. 1479-81, All folios
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 462, 1510-c. 1530, All folios
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