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
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Modena
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Naples
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Pisa
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Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
6
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
4
Material
paper
10
parchment
1
Format
oblong
6
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
8
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
7
dark brown
4
Ruling Medium
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
4
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
6
Number of staves
10
3
11
2
12
1
13
1
3
4
6
4
7
1
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
4
2-part score
1
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
7
3-part score
1
3-part single page
4
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
6
4-part score
1
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
2
7-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
9
single
2
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
none
5
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
8
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
8
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
pointers
1
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
8
Italian
9
Latin
9
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
8
fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with single incipit
7
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
6
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
11
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
9
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
6
often
2
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
1
littera notabilior
2
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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