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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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tablebook
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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normally
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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3
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4
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5
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7
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8
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
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2-part score
1
2-part single page
6
3-part opening
11
3-part score
1
3-part single page
5
4-part opening
11
4-part score
1
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
double
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none
7
single
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
9
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
9
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
blue
1
brown
10
gold
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
5
repeat signs
11
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
6
French
9
German
1
Italian
11
Latin
9
Spanish
2
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
7
partially texted with one or two texts
6
partially texted with one text
8
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
10
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
11
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
3
display script
1
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
3
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
11
dark brown
1
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
always
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
flourished
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
3
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Colour of text: brown
Copy language name: Italian
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 337 (olim Palatino 1178), c. 1520, All folios
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