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
12
Cities
Ferrara
1
Florence
5
Fossombrone
1
Milan
2
Naples
2
Rome
1
Venice
2
Production method
Manuscript
9
Printed work
3
Physical type
choirbook
7
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
3
polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
1
Material
paper
10
parchment
2
Format
oblong
8
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
n/a
3
never
1
none visible
6
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
4
dark brown
4
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
single rastrum
4
triple rastrum
4
Number of staves
10
1
3
1
4
4
5
3
6
6
7
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
8
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
2
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
8
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
none
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
brown
7
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
12
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
5
n/a
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
4
end symbol
2
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
French
7
German
1
Italian
7
Latin
10
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
8
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
5
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
7
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
7
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
3
display script
1
humanistic
1
hybrida
2
roman
2
rotonda
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
6
n/a
3
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
8
dark brown
1
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
historiated
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
often
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 2, c. 1515, All folios
Naples, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale, MS VI E 40, 1470s, All folios
Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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