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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Production method
Manuscript
26
Printed work
7
Physical type
choirbook
7
choirbook (single quire(s))
2
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbook (fragment(s))
1
partbook (single)
5
partbooks (complete set)
13
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
1
printed book with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
33
Format
oblong
19
upright
14
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
n/a
8
never
8
none visible
15
normally
1
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
22
brown
12
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
freehand
2
printed staves
4
single rastrum
19
straightedge
4
Number of staves
10
5
11
5
12
5
13
1
2
2
3
6
4
12
5
8
6
11
7
5
8
6
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
33
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
7
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
8
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
13
none
13
single
18
varies
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
18
left below voice parts as part of grid
4
left between voice parts as part of grid
3
none
6
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
28
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
12
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
14
notation extended into margin
5
other
3
partial additional staves
13
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
30
brown
7
dark brown
2
Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
1
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
3
full mensural
1
not specified
1
void mensural
32
Monophonic Notation
absent
28
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
17
high
4
n/a
7
poor
6
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
9
end symbol
2
none
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
11
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
6
Dutch
1
French
7
German
7
Italian
3
Latin
30
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
31
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
10
partially texted with two or more texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
10
provided with single incipit
11
untexted
15
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
9
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
8
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
4
cursive (italic)
1
display script
6
roman
2
rotonda
5
textura
1
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
18
high
7
n/a
7
poor
5
Colour of Text
black
33
blue
2
brown
10
dark brown
2
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
23
yes
11
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
6
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
5
rarely
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
4
never
1
normally
7
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
9
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
5
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
5
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Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Material: paper
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Udine, Italy, Biblioteca Comunale Vincenzo Joppi, MS Joppi 165, 1494-1501, All folios
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