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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Italy
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Florence
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Italy (North)
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Naples
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Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
6
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbooks (complete set)
3
Material
paper
10
paper (with parchment)
1
Format
oblong
6
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
3
none visible
5
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
11
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
5
straightedge
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triple rastrum
5
Number of staves
10
2
11
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12
1
13
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3
3
5
1
6
4
7
1
8
1
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
7
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
none
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
6
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
6
other
2
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
7
dark brown
4
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
4
full mensural
2
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
6
pointers
1
repeat signs
7
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
French
6
German
1
Italian
8
Latin
10
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
8
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
7
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
3
display script
1
humanistic
1
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
high
4
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
9
dark brown
4
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
6
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
1
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
2
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 1597 (olim Colbert 1625), c. 1500, All folios
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