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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Italy
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Bologna
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Padua
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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
6
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
Material
paper
7
Format
upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
never
2
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
5
light brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
single rastrum
5
Number of staves
10
7
6
1
8
1
9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
2
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
2
6-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
3
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (Italianate)
1
cursive (italic)
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
2
Colour of Text
black
6
brown
2
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Colour of staves: black
Number of staves: 1
Number of staves: 8
Physical format: upright
Pricking frequency: normally
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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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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