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
Belgium
3
Italy
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Cities
Brussels
3
Florence
1
Italy (North)
1
Mantua
1
Mechelen
3
Padua
1
Rome
1
Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
6
Material
paper
2
parchment
3
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
never
1
none visible
1
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
4
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
1
1
10
5
11
2
12
1
5
1
6
2
7
2
8
3
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
4
4-part opening
6
5-part opening
6
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
3
none
2
quadruple
1
single
4
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
4
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
3
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
6
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
rarely
6
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
6
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
5
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
4
occasionally
2
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
ornament
1
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
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