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
France
1
Italy
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Spain
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Switzerland
1
Cities
Basel
1
Belgium
1
Florence
6
France
3
Italy
2
Mantua
1
Paris
1
Pisa
1
Rheinfelden
1
Rome
1
Segovia
1
Toledo
1
Production method
Manuscript
15
Physical type
choirbook
8
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
2
tablebook
1
Material
paper
10
parchment
5
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
4
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
10
normally
2
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
15
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
freehand
1
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
9
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
4
Number of staves
10
5
11
1
2
1
3
2
4
3
6
5
7
1
8
4
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
10
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
6
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
8
single
8
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
12
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
10
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
11
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
3
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
14
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
5
poor
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
11
signa congruentiae
9
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
Flemish
1
French
11
Italian
10
Latin
12
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
13
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
5
partially texted with one text
9
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
11
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
9
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive
4
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
4
hybrida
2
roman
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
6
poor
3
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
4
blue
1
brown
11
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
7
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
historiated
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
4
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
1
ornament
1
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Montserrat, Spain, Monasterio de S Maria, MS 766, 1517-34, All folios
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