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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Belgium
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Basel
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
10
choirbook (single quire(s))
3
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
16
Format
upright
16
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
6
none visible
10
occasionally
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
10
brown
8
dark brown
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
4
single rastrum
13
straightedge
4
Number of staves
10
11
11
5
12
6
13
1
14
1
2
3
3
3
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
16
9
11
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
10-part opening
1
12-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
6
2-part single page
7
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
12
3-part single page
7
4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
14
4-part single page
5
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
9
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
4
8-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
3
none
5
single
13
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
4
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
10
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
16
notation extended into margin
5
other
2
partial additional staves
8
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
brown
7
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
void mensural
16
Monophonic Notation
absent
13
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
5
poor
5
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
none
3
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
10
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
Flemish
1
French
6
German
2
Italian
3
Latin
15
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
4
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
8
untexted
11
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
5
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
3
cursive (bastarda)
4
display script
4
humanistic
1
hybrida
2
rotonda
1
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
5
poor
5
very high
1
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
10
blue
1
brown
6
dark brown
2
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
12
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
3
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
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Material: paper
Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Number of staves: 8
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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