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
9
Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (fragment)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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3
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4
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6
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
8
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
3
quadruple
1
single
6
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
Level of Calligraphy
high
9
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
French
3
Latin
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
6
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive (bastarda)
5
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
2
humanistic
1
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
8
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
8
brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
9
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
5
partial borders: two-sided
4
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
7
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
historiated
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
7
often
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
flourished
4
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
1
ornament
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signes-de-renvoi
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Colour of notation: black
Level of calligraphy music: high
Borders frequency: rarely
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.117, c. 1505-1515, All folios
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