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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Belgium
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Italy
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Brussels
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Ferrara
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Florence
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France
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Mechelen
2
Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
10
choirbook (fragment)
1
Material
paper
1
parchment
10
Format
oblong
1
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
5
never
1
none visible
3
often
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
9
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
10
4
11
1
12
1
2
1
3
1
4
2
5
2
6
3
7
2
8
4
9
8
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
9
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
9
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
4
none
6
quadruple
1
single
4
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
brown
1
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
very high
6
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
2
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
4
Italian
2
Latin
10
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
3
hybrida
1
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
poor
1
very high
5
Colour of Text
black
10
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
8
Borders Frequency
rarely
11
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
4
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic
1
decorated
7
flourished
3
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
7
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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