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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Italy
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Belgium
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Milan
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
Material
paper
3
Format
oblong
2
upright
1
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
2
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
2
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
single rastrum
1
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
4
1
5
1
8
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
2
4-part opening
2
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
2
single
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
2
Italian
2
Latin
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Colour of Text
brown
3
Multiple Texts
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
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London, Great Britain, Royal College of Music, MS 1070, 1505-13, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
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