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
Florence
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Italy (North)
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Naples
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Rome
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Switzerland
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
4
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
printed treatise with added polyphony
1
tablebook
1
Material
paper
6
parchment
2
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
4
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
2
none visible
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
6
dark brown
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
single rastrum
4
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
3
Number of staves
3
1
4
2
5
1
6
5
7
1
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
2
2-part score
1
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
5
3-part score
1
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
5
4-part score
1
4-part single page
3
Indentation for Initials
none
4
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
8
Type of Notation
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
4
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
5
German
1
Italian
8
Latin
7
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
6
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
6
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
1
display script
2
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
3
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
7
dark brown
1
red
3
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
3
Other Decoration Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: brown
Copy language name: Italian
Multiple texts: no
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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