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
11
Cities
Bologna
1
Florence
7
France
1
Italy (North)
2
Mantua
2
Naples
1
Padua
1
Rome
1
Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
12
Material
paper
7
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
3
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
oblong
4
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
3
none visible
7
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
4
dark brown
3
light brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
7
triple rastrum
4
Number of staves
10
2
6
6
7
3
8
1
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
11
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
9
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
9
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
9
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
6
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
11
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
6
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
4
pointers
1
repeat signs
9
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
8
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
5
Flemish
1
French
11
German
1
Italian
7
Latin
10
Spanish
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
2
fully texted with one or two texts
6
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
8
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
12
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
11
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
5
cursive (italic)
4
display script
1
hybrida
2
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
6
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
6
blue
1
brown
7
dark brown
1
grey
1
light brown
1
red
3
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
historiated
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
4
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
1
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 1597 (olim Colbert 1625), c. 1500, All folios
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 462, 1510-c. 1530, All folios
Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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