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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Belgium
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Italy
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Netherlands
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Cities
Antwerp
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Bologna
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Ferrara
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Utrecht
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
1
parchment
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Format
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
2
none visible
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
3
Number of staves
1
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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
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
3
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
2
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
2
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
2
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
3
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
poor
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
German
1
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
historiated
1
plain initials
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 2-part consecutive
Monophonic notation: absent
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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