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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Cities
Bologna
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Florence
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Naples
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Rome
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Venice
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
3
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
4
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
oblong
2
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
4
none visible
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
light brown
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
5
Number of staves
4
1
6
2
7
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8
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
not specified
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Italian
3
Latin
4
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
5
cursive (italic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
brown
1
dark brown
1
grey
1
red
1
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
end-symbol
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Indentation for initials: none
Locations part of: Italy
Multiple texts: no
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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