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
2
Italy
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Italy (North)
1
Spain
1
Cities
Brussels
2
Casale Monferrato
1
Catalonia
1
Florence
1
Girona
1
Italy
1
Mechelen
2
Rome
2
Staffarda
1
Turin
1
Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
8
tablebook
1
Material
paper
6
parchment
3
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
none visible
5
normally
1
often
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
5
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
single rastrum
8
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
10
6
11
3
12
2
3
1
4
2
5
3
6
3
7
3
8
3
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
3
3-part opening
7
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
9
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
5
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
5
quadruple
1
single
7
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
9
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
3
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
3
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Italian
1
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
4
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive
2
cursive (Italianate)
1
cursive (bastarda)
5
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
3
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
3
poor
1
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
4
red
2
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
9
occasionally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
occasionally
3
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
ornament
1
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.178, c. 1492-1494, All folios
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