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
Italy
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Cities
Ferrara
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Florence
2
France
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
4
partbook (single)
1
Material
parchment
5
Format
oblong
1
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
3
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
4
Number of staves
2
1
4
1
7
1
8
1
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
2
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
4
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
4
Italian
2
Latin
5
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
3
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
hybrida
2
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
5
flourished
2
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
flourished
2
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
Other Decoration Type
embellished final barline
1
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 4, c. 1516-18, All folios
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