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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Pisa
1
Segovia
1
Toledo
1
Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
5
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
Material
paper
6
Format
oblong
2
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
4
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
5
dark brown
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
4
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
10
3
11
2
6
3
8
2
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
3
2-part score
1
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
6
3-part score
1
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
5
4-part score
1
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
4
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
5
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
4
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
3
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
pointers
1
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
Flemish
1
French
4
Italian
4
Latin
6
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
6
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
5
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (italic)
1
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
1
blue
1
brown
6
dark brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
flourished
2
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Number of staves: 7
Number of staves: 9
Other decoration type: end-symbol
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F IX 55, c. 1507-1510, All folios
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