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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Belgium
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
4
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
tablebook
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Material
paper
5
parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
4
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
6
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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3
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4
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6
4
8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
3
2-part score
1
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
6
3-part score
1
3-part single page
4
4-part opening
6
4-part score
1
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
2
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
6
Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
5
Italian
6
Latin
5
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one or two texts
4
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
5
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (italic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
1
blue
1
brown
6
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
4
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
3
often
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: brown
Colour of text: brown
Copy language name: Italian
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 1597 (olim Colbert 1625), c. 1500, All folios
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