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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Locations of Origin
Countries
Italy
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Cities
Florence
2
Italy
1
Pisa
1
Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
1
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
1
Material
paper
3
Format
oblong
2
upright
1
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
1
none visible
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
1
dark brown
3
Ruling Medium
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
10
1
3
1
6
2
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
2
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
none
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
2
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
2
Italian
3
Latin
3
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (italic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
Colour of Text
brown
3
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
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Colour of staves: dark brown
Copy language name: Italian
Indentation for initials: none
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Separate text: no separate text
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 17 (olim 148), 1490-1500, All folios
Rome, Italy, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 2856 (olim O.V. 208), c. 1479-81, All folios
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