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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Great Britain
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Rome
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Tarazona
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Production method
Manuscript
10
Physical type
choirbook
5
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
3
Material
paper
9
parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
oblong
4
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
4
never
3
none visible
1
normally
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
2
dark brown
8
Ruling Medium
freehand
2
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
1
1
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11
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12
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13
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2
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3
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5
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6
3
7
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8
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9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
3
2-part score
1
2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
5
3-part score
1
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
5
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
1
single
10
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
7
other
2
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
8
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
blue
1
brown
1
dark brown
9
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
6
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
7
pointers
2
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
6
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
2
French
1
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
10
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
5
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (humanistic)
4
display script
2
humanistic
1
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
7
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
2
dark brown
10
red
4
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
6
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
3
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
5
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
2
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Indentation for initials: single
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Colour of text: dark brown
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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