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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Florence
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Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
10
partbooks (complete set)
1
tablebook
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Material
paper
9
parchment
3
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
2
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
9
normally
2
rarely
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
9
dark brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
freehand
1
single rastrum
12
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
10
3
11
2
3
2
4
1
6
4
7
4
8
4
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
5
2-part score
1
2-part single page
5
3-part opening
11
3-part score
1
3-part single page
4
4-part opening
10
4-part score
1
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
6
quintuple
1
single
9
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
9
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
5
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
10
other
1
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
10
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
6
poor
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
4
pointers
1
repeat signs
12
signa congruentiae
12
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
4
Flemish
1
French
10
German
2
Italian
5
Latin
10
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
9
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
4
partially texted with one text
10
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
12
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
11
Type of Script
cursive
5
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
2
display script
1
hybrida
3
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
6
poor
4
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
brown
12
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
flourished
2
historiated
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
4
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
3
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Colour of text: brown
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 21, 1521-25, All folios
Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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