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
France
1
Italy
11
Spain
2
Cities
Ferrara
1
Florence
5
France
2
Italy
2
Mantua
1
Milan
1
Naples
1
Paris
1
Pisa
1
Pordenone
1
Seville
1
Vic
1
Production method
Manuscript
15
Printed work
1
Physical type
choirbook
11
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
2
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
Material
paper
11
parchment
4
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
oblong
6
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
n/a
1
never
2
none visible
11
normally
1
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
7
dark brown
3
red
1
red-brown
1
reddish brown
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
freehand
1
single rastrum
8
straightedge
2
triple rastrum
4
Number of staves
10
4
11
1
12
1
3
2
4
2
5
1
6
6
7
3
8
2
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
10
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
16
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
none
4
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
8
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
4
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
9
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
8
dark brown
3
light brown
2
red-brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
15
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
8
n/a
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
2
repeat signs
10
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
7
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
10
Italian
10
Latin
12
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
2
fully texted with one or two texts
11
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
7
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
12
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
10
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
5
cursive (italic)
4
humanistic
1
hybrida
1
roman
1
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
8
n/a
1
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
2
brown
12
dark brown
1
grey
1
light brown
1
red
2
red-brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
always
2
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
7
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5465, c. 1500, All folios
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