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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Cities
Antwerp
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Basel
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Germany
1
Naples
1
Siena
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Venice
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Production method
Manuscript
2
Printed work
11
Physical type
choirbook
7
choirbook (fragment(s))
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partbooks (complete set)
5
Material
paper
12
parchment
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Format
oblong
11
upright
2
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
n/a
11
never
1
none visible
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
7
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
2
Number of staves
1
1
10
2
11
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4
7
5
7
6
9
8
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9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part consecutive
1
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
8
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
3
single
12
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
4
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
13
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
n/a
11
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
13
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
10
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Italian
4
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
10
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
6
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
1
Type of Script
Italic
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
roman
4
rotonda
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
n/a
11
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
11
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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Non verbal performance instructions: coronae
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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