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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Czech Republic
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Catalonia
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Italy (North)
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Naples
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Prague
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
4
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
Material
paper
3
parchment
2
Format
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
3
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
4
straightedge
1
Number of staves
1
1
10
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11
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
2
8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
5
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
2
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
French
1
Italian
1
Latin
5
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
5
blue
1
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
flourished
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
often
2
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
diagrams
1
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
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Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Physical format: upright
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouvelles acquisitions françaises MS 4379, c. 1470-85, 1-42
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