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
Padua
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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
3
Material
paper
1
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
2
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
none visible
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
3
gold
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
2
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
2
5
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
2
4-part opening
3
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
1
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
1
gold
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Italian
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
cursive (italic)
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
2
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
often
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
ornament
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Colour of staves: brown
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Monophonic notation: absent
Penned initials frequency: always
Physical type: choirbook
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40091 (olim Z 91), c. 1516, All folios
Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.F.9.9 (Ital. 1221; olim VIII.F.27), 1495-6, All folios
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 461, c. 1515-1545, All folios
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