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
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Belgium
4
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Antwerp
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Brussels
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Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
6
Material
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
4
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
none visible
3
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
6
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
6
Number of staves
1
2
10
6
11
6
12
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5
4
6
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7
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
5
4-part opening
6
5-part opening
6
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
1
quadruple
2
single
6
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
6
display script
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
6
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
2
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
6
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
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Miniatures frequency: never
Number of staves: 7
Colour of staves: black
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Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. III, 1520-4 and 1524-30, All folios
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