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
Italy
4
Cities
Bologna
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Florence
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Italy
1
Italy (North)
1
Naples
1
Pisa
1
Rome
1
Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
2
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
1
printed treatise with added polyphony
1
Material
paper
4
paper (with parchment)
1
Format
oblong
2
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
2
dark brown
1
light brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
straightedge
2
Number of staves
10
1
4
1
6
2
7
1
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
2
4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
2
4-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
1
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Italian
5
Latin
4
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (humanistic)
4
cursive (italic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
4
dark brown
1
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
end-symbol
1
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Copy language name: Italian
Pricking frequency: never
Indentation for initials: none
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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