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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Italy
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Italy
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Naples
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Rome
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Seville
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Spain
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
5
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
Material
paper
6
Format
oblong
1
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
3
dark brown
1
light brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
5
Number of staves
4
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6
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7
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
4
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
5
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
6
German
1
Italian
3
Latin
4
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
6
dark brown
1
red
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
2
often
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
1
littera notabilior
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 b, First quarter of the 16th century, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 25 (olim H.C.51; = MaiM 69), c. 1520-4, All folios
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