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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Great Britain
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Italy
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Cities
Antwerp
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Siena
2
Production method
Manuscript
14
Physical type
choirbook
12
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
8
parchment
6
Format
oblong
1
upright
13
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
5
never
5
none visible
4
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
10
dark brown
1
light brown
2
Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
1
freehand
1
single rastrum
12
straightedge
1
Number of staves
1
2
10
5
11
3
12
1
2
2
3
1
4
1
5
2
6
4
7
3
8
6
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
1
2-part score
1
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
9
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
4
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
5
single
14
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
14
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
staves not ruled on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
7
other
1
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
blue
1
brown
10
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
14
Monophonic Notation
absent
12
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
5
poor
2
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
none
1
pointers
4
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
9
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
English
1
French
8
German
2
Italian
3
Latin
11
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
14
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
5
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
8
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
7
Type of Script
cursive
5
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
7
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
3
hybrida
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
7
poor
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
7
blue
1
brown
8
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
5
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
5
flourished
1
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
often
2
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8° 280, c. 1500,
Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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