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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Cities
Antwerp
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Paris
1
Seville
1
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
6
Material
paper
2
parchment
4
Format
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
3
normally
2
rarely
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
3
dark brown
1
red
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
6
Number of staves
1
1
10
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11
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6
3
7
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8
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9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
2
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
6
quintuple
1
single
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
3
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
3
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
4
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
French
4
Italian
1
Latin
5
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
4
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
poor
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
4
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Indentation for initials: none
Indentation for initials: single
Physical type: choirbook
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Separate text: not in dedicated space
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
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