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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Production method
Manuscript
14
Physical type
choirbook
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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
5
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
7
parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
oblong
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upright
12
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
1
none visible
9
normally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
10
gold
1
light brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
1
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
10
straightedge
2
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
1
1
10
5
11
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2
3
3
4
4
5
5
3
6
5
7
4
8
8
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
12
3-part single page
5
4-part opening
11
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
5
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
6
quintuple
1
single
10
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
7
other
1
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
11
dark brown
1
gold
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
14
Monophonic Notation
absent
13
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
7
poor
1
very high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
14
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
5
Flemish
1
French
12
German
1
Italian
6
Latin
13
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
9
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
5
partially texted with one text
7
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
9
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
9
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
7
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
4
roman
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
9
poor
3
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
8
dark brown
2
gold
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
7
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
6
Borders Size
full borders
5
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
5
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
7
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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