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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Florence
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Italy (North)
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Mantua
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Naples
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
4
partbooks (complete set)
3
tablebook
1
Material
paper
7
paper (with parchment)
1
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
none visible
8
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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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
3
4
4
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6
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7
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
none
7
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
8
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
repeat signs
7
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
7
Italian
8
Latin
7
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
7
fully texted with one text
2
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
7
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
1
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
8
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
8
occasionally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of text: brown
Copy language name: Italian
Penned initials frequency: normally
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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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