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
Belgium
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France
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Germany
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Italy
1
Spain
1
Cities
Augsburg
1
Bourges
1
Brussels
5
Mechelen
5
Milan
1
Segovia
1
Spain
1
Toledo
1
Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
11
Material
paper
6
parchment
5
Format
upright
11
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
1
none visible
5
normally
1
often
3
rarely
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
6
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
10
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
9
11
5
12
3
2
2
3
1
4
2
5
6
6
8
7
8
8
9
9
9
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
5
3-part opening
9
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
2
quadruple
1
quintuple
1
single
11
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
11
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
3
other
2
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
brown
4
Type of Notation
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
5
poor
1
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
none
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
3
French
8
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
11
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
4
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
7
display script
6
hybrida
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
poor
3
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
7
brown
3
dark brown
1
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
3
rarely
4
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
2
often
2
rarely
5
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
4
occasionally
1
Other Decoration Type
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London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. XI, c. 1520-30 (ff. 7-34), c. 1600 (ff. 1-6, 35-76), All folios
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