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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Cities
Brussels
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Catalonia
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Girona
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Italy
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Mechelen
8
Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
11
Material
paper
1
parchment
9
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
11
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
11
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
10
brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
10
Number of staves
1
1
10
11
11
6
12
3
13
1
2
2
4
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5
2
6
4
7
6
8
8
9
10
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
6
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
10
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
11
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
9
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
10
quadruple
1
single
10
triple
8
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
8
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
11
red
3
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
very high
10
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
2
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
11
signes-de-renvoi
11
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
3
Latin
10
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two or more texts
7
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
10
display script
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
very high
9
Colour of Text
black
10
blue
1
brown
1
red
10
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
10
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
9
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
9
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
11
occasionally
3
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
8
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
9
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Number of staves: 10
Penned initials frequency: normally
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: always
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Perugia, Italy, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, MS 431 (G.20), 1480-90, All folios
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