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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Antwerp
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Mechelen
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Naples
1
Savoy, France
1
Spain
1
Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
4
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
Material
paper
1
parchment
4
Format
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
4
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
3
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
straightedge
2
Number of staves
1
2
10
3
11
1
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
3
6
2
7
2
8
4
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
2
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
2
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
1
other
1
partial additional staves
3
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
very high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
3
Italian
1
Latin
5
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
2
hybrida
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
poor
1
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
4
blue
1
dark brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
often
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
flourished
1
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
often
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
diagrams
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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