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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Locations of Origin
Countries
Italy
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Cities
Casale Monferrato
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Florence
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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
4
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
3
parchment
2
Format
oblong
2
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
none visible
3
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
5
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
4
Number of staves
10
1
11
2
4
1
6
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
3
2-part score
1
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
3
3-part score
1
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
4
4-part score
1
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
1
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
4
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
Italian
2
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
1
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive (bastarda)
5
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
brown
3
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
often
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
1
ornament
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
Locations part of: Italy
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Cambridge, Great Britain, University Library, MS Nn.6.46, c. 1500, All folios
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