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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Belgium
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Italy
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Cities
Basel
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Brussels
1
England
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France
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Germany (South)
1
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1
Mechelen
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1
Stirling
1
Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
5
choirbook (fragment)
1
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
Material
paper
3
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
2
none visible
3
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
4
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
3
straightedge
4
Number of staves
10
7
11
2
12
1
3
2
4
3
5
3
6
7
7
5
8
6
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
4
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
6
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
2
single
6
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
4
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
strene notation
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
3
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
French
1
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
5
dark brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
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Copy language name: Latin
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 6
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
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