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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Countries
Austria
2
Belgium
5
France
3
Germany
2
Italy
2
Cities
Antwerp
1
Belgium
1
Bourges
1
Brussels
2
Cambrai
1
Cognac
1
Florence
1
France
6
Mantua
1
Mechelen
4
Munich
2
Savoy, France
1
Vienna
2
Production method
Manuscript
19
Physical type
choirbook
18
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
Material
paper
5
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
13
Format
upright
19
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
4
never
1
none visible
9
normally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
9
brown
6
dark brown
1
gold
1
light brown
4
red
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
freehand
2
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
18
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
1
2
10
7
11
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
7
7
7
8
19
9
8
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
7
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
19
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
16
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
9
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
4
Indentation for Initials
double
9
none
7
quintuple
1
single
17
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
16
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
9
provided, in dedicated space
7
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
6
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
brown
8
dark brown
1
gold
1
light brown
2
red
2
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
19
Monophonic Notation
absent
17
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
6
poor
1
very high
9
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
1
pointers
2
repeat signs
11
signa congruentiae
14
signes-de-renvoi
12
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
Flemish
1
French
12
Italian
4
Latin
15
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
7
fully texted with one text
17
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
6
partially texted with one or two texts
5
partially texted with one text
6
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
11
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
8
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
14
display script
7
hybrida
1
roman
1
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
10
poor
1
very high
7
Colour of Text
black
10
blue
2
brown
7
dark brown
1
gold
1
light brown
2
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
13
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
8
Borders Frequency
always
1
often
1
rarely
10
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
6
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
8
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
6
occasionally
4
often
2
rarely
7
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
4
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
end-symbol
2
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Rome, Italy, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 2856 (olim O.V. 208), c. 1479-81, All folios
Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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