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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Countries
Great Britain
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Italy
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Spain
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Cities
Belgium
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Catalonia
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England
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Florence
1
France
1
Italy
1
Italy (North)
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Mantua
1
Naples
1
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1
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1
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1
Seville
1
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1
Production method
Manuscript
10
Physical type
choirbook
7
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
Material
paper
7
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
oblong
2
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
3
none visible
4
normally
2
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
6
dark brown
4
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
8
straightedge
2
Number of staves
10
4
11
3
6
6
7
4
8
4
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
5
2-part score
1
2-part single page
10
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
10
3-part score
2
3-part single page
8
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
9
4-part score
1
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
4
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
4
single
8
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
9
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
9
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
7
other
1
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
6
dark brown
3
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
3
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
7
pointers
2
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
English
1
Flemish
1
French
7
German
1
Italian
6
Latin
10
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
10
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
8
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
9
untexted
9
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
3
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
high
1
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
8
dark brown
3
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
Borders Frequency
never
3
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
2
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
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