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
24
Cities
Belgium
1
Bologna
1
Florence
11
France
3
Italy (North)
2
Mantua
2
Milan
1
Naples
4
Padua
1
Paris
1
Pordenone
1
Rome
2
Siena
1
Spain
1
Venice
2
Production method
Manuscript
25
Printed work
4
Physical type
choirbook
25
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
tablebook
1
Material
paper
17
paper (with parchment)
3
parchment
7
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
14
upright
14
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
n/a
4
never
3
none visible
15
normally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
6
brown
14
dark brown
5
gold
2
light brown
1
red-brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
5
freehand
2
quadruple rastrum
2
single rastrum
15
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
9
Number of staves
1
1
10
2
2
2
3
2
4
8
5
5
6
17
7
6
8
6
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
7
2-part score
1
2-part single page
13
3-part opening
24
3-part score
1
3-part single page
10
4-part opening
29
4-part score
1
4-part single page
16
5-part opening
6
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
19
single
14
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
24
left between voice parts as part of grid
3
none
3
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
not in dedicated space
16
provided, in dedicated space
11
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
18
notation extended into margin
15
other
1
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
7
staves extended into margin
6
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
14
blue
1
brown
14
dark brown
3
gold
3
light brown
1
red
1
red-brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
28
Monophonic Notation
absent
27
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
16
high
6
n/a
4
very high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
4
custodes
1
end symbol
8
pointers
5
repeat signs
17
signa congruentiae
12
signes-de-renvoi
16
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
7
Flemish
2
French
18
German
1
Italian
29
Latin
20
Spanish
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
18
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
8
partially texted with one text
15
provided with one or two incipits
7
provided with single incipit
23
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
21
Type of Script
Italic
1
cursive
5
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
7
cursive (italic)
6
display script
1
hybrida
3
roman
3
rotonda
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
15
high
7
n/a
4
poor
6
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
13
blue
2
brown
14
dark brown
5
gold
1
grey
1
light brown
1
red
6
red-brown
1
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
13
yes
19
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
often
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
Penned Initials Frequency
always
4
normally
8
occasionally
1
often
4
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
13
calligraphic with decoration
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
decorated
2
flourished
5
littera notabilior
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
4
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
4
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
3
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
6
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
4
littera notabilior
1
signa congruentiae
1
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Copy language name: Italian
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
Regensburg, Germany, Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, MS C 120 (olim D XII), Early 1520s, All folios
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