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
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Italy
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Belgium
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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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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
5
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
5
paper (with parchment)
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
1
none visible
3
sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
3
dark brown
3
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
6
4
7
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
2
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
4
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
6
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
6
French
6
German
1
Italian
6
Latin
6
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
2
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
6
dark brown
1
red
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Extra space: left between voice parts as part of grid
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Planned initials frequency: normally
Production method: Manuscript
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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