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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Tarazona
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
6
Material
paper
6
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
1
Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
1
none visible
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
4
dark brown
3
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
4
single rastrum
4
Number of staves
4
8
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
8
Indentation for Initials
none
4
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
2
dark brown
5
Type of Notation
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
5
Copying of Text
Language
French
4
Italian
2
Latin
4
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
6
fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one text
2
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
8
Level of Calligraphy
high
8
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
4
dark brown
3
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
7
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
always
6
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
Number of staves: 4
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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