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
Italy
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Spain
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Cities
Basel
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Catalonia
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Ferrara
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Florence
1
Italy (North)
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Mantua
1
Seville
1
Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
4
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
5
paper (with parchment)
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
2
none visible
2
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
2
dark brown
4
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
6
Number of staves
10
2
11
1
12
2
13
1
6
2
8
2
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
2
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
4
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
6
other
2
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
1
dark brown
3
Type of Notation
chant (square)
6
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
1
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
4
none
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
5
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
1
Italian
1
Latin
6
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (German)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
humanistic
1
rotonda
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
3
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
6
brown
2
dark brown
3
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Painted initials type: decorated
Extra space: none
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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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