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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France
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Italy
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Mantua
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Naples
1
Paris
1
Rome
1
Spain
1
Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
6
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
tablebook
1
Material
paper
6
parchment
2
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
1
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
3
normally
2
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
6
dark brown
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
1
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
5
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
10
2
2
1
3
2
4
3
5
1
6
4
7
3
8
3
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
5
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
8
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
1
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
3
single
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
6
other
1
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
blue
1
brown
6
gold
1
red
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
pointers
1
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
French
7
German
1
Italian
8
Latin
6
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
7
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one or two texts
8
partially texted with one text
7
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
7
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
8
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
2
display script
1
hybrida
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
2
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
6
dark brown
2
red
4
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
always
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
often
2
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 30, 1496-1497, All folios
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