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
Germany
3
Italy
4
Netherlands
2
Spain
1
Cities
Emmerich
1
France
1
Halberstadt
1
Italy
1
Italy (North)
1
Köln
1
Leipzig
2
Maastricht
1
Naples
2
Pisa
1
Rome
2
Seville
1
Torgau
1
Utrecht
1
Venice
1
Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
5
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (fragment)
1
poetry collection with some notated music
2
printed treatise with added polyphony
1
Material
paper
11
parchment
1
Format
upright
12
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
12
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
5
brown
7
dark brown
3
light brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
3
single rastrum
9
straightedge
4
Number of staves
10
3
11
3
12
2
13
2
14
1
2
1
3
2
4
2
5
3
6
3
7
4
8
3
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part consecutive
3
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
4
3-part opening
7
3-part single page
4
4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
2
n/a
2
Indentation for Initials
none
9
single
5
triple
1
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
2
other
2
partial additional staves
3
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
brown
7
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
2
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
3
poor
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
none
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
5
German
5
Italian
4
Latin
12
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
9
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
8
varies
2
Type of Script
cursive
6
cursive (German)
2
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
3
display script
1
humanistic
1
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
10
high
3
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
6
brown
9
dark brown
3
red
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
3
normally
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
1
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 5, c. 1515, All folios
Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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