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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Great Britain
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Naples
1
Rome
2
Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
5
partbooks (incomplete set)
2
Material
paper
4
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
oblong
2
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
2
normally
3
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
5
dark brown
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
1
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
3
straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
3
11
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4
2
6
2
7
3
8
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9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
4
3-part score
1
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
2
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
5
other
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
2
dark brown
3
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
4
pointers
3
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
3
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
1
French
4
German
1
Italian
2
Latin
4
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
7
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
3
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
4
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
3
display script
1
hybrida
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
4
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
4
dark brown
3
red
3
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
1
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
7
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
1
ornament
1
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Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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