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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Italy
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Florence
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Italy
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Italy (North)
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Pisa
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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
3
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
3
Material
paper
6
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
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none visible
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
7
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
2
straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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3
3
6
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7
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
1
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
2
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
3
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
6
single
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
none
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
6
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
French
6
German
1
Italian
7
Latin
7
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
6
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
3
display script
1
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
1
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
7
dark brown
1
red
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
1
often
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
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Colour of staves: dark brown
Copy language name: Italian
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Locations part of: Italy
Production method: Manuscript
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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