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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Production method
Manuscript
17
Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
14
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
9
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
15
normally
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
11
dark brown
3
light brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
9
straightedge
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triple rastrum
5
Number of staves
10
4
11
2
2
1
3
5
4
4
5
1
6
7
7
3
8
3
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
17
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
9
2-part score
1
2-part single page
7
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
10
3-part score
2
3-part single page
8
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
9
4-part score
1
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
4
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
12
single
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
13
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
none
5
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
17
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
9
notation and staves extended into margin
15
notation extended into margin
7
other
2
partial additional staves
10
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
10
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
16
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
13
high
3
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
4
pointers
5
repeat signs
9
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
3
Dutch
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English
1
French
12
German
4
Italian
8
Latin
16
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
9
fully texted with one text
13
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
8
partially texted with two or more texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
14
untexted
13
Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
3
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
4
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
13
high
2
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
6
blue
1
brown
9
dark brown
3
light brown
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
11
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
8
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
8
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Egerton 3051, c. 1500, All folios
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