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
France
2
Germany
1
Great Britain
5
Italy
10
Switzerland
1
Cities
Antwerp
1
Augsburg
1
Basel
1
Bologna
2
Casale Monferrato
3
Cognac
1
Ferrara
1
Florence
1
France
4
Italy (North)
1
London
5
Mantua
1
Mechelen
1
Naples
1
Padua
1
Paris
1
Rome
1
Siena
2
Production method
Manuscript
24
Physical type
choirbook
17
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
5
Material
paper
18
parchment
6
Format
oblong
7
upright
17
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
5
never
12
none visible
7
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
10
brown
13
dark brown
1
light brown
3
Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
1
double rastrum
2
freehand
1
printed staves
4
single rastrum
16
straightedge
1
Number of staves
1
2
10
7
11
4
12
1
2
2
3
6
4
1
5
2
6
5
7
3
8
6
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
8
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
4
2-part score
1
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
13
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
17
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
7
6-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
7
none
10
single
14
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
20
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
4
none
4
staves not ruled on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
17
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
6
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
8
notation and staves extended into margin
14
notation extended into margin
8
other
1
partial additional staves
9
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
13
blue
1
brown
13
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
24
Monophonic Notation
absent
21
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
17
high
7
poor
3
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
none
1
pointers
4
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
11
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
English
1
Flemish
1
French
11
German
3
Italian
4
Latin
21
Spanish
1
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
24
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
6
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
11
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
9
Type of Script
cursive
9
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
8
cursive (humanistic)
4
cursive (italic)
3
display script
3
hybrida
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
17
high
7
poor
3
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
15
blue
1
brown
11
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
5
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
15
yes
10
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
6
flourished
1
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
5
occasionally
2
often
4
rarely
6
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
decorated
6
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
4
plain initials
9
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
4
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
1
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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