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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Belgium
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Naples
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Spain
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Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
3
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
Material
paper
4
Format
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
1
sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
2
dark brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
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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
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7
3
8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
3
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
4
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
4
German
1
Italian
3
Latin
4
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
1
hybrida
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
3
dark brown
2
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Indentation for initials: single
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
Leipzig, Germany, Universitätsbibliothek, MS 1494, c. 1490-1504, All folios
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