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
Italy
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Italy (North)
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Cities
Ferrara
1
Staffarda
1
Turin
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
2
single leaf
1
Material
paper
1
parchment
2
Format
oblong
1
upright
2
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
2
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
reddish brown
3
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
2
straightedge
1
Number of staves
14
1
7
1
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
2
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
2
4-part single page
2
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
humanistic
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Colour of Text
brown
3
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Turin, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, MS Ris. mus I. 27 (olim Regia Biblioteca dell'Università, qm III. 59), c. 1500, All folios
Sion, Switzerland, Archives du Chapitre, MS 87-1, c. 1494, All folios
Rome, Italy, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 2856 (olim O.V. 208), c. 1479-81, All folios
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