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
32
Cities
Bologna
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Florence
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Italy
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Italy (North)
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Mantua
2
Milan
1
Naples
4
Padua
1
Pisa
1
Pordenone
1
Rome
2
Siena
1
Venice
2
Production method
Manuscript
28
Printed work
4
Physical type
choirbook
22
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
2
partbooks (complete set)
5
tablebook
1
Material
paper
21
paper (with parchment)
4
parchment
6
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
21
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
n/a
4
never
5
none visible
18
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
6
brown
13
dark brown
9
gold
2
light brown
1
red-brown
1
reddish brown
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
7
freehand
3
quadruple rastrum
2
single rastrum
12
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
14
Number of staves
1
1
10
1
2
1
3
6
4
10
5
4
6
16
7
4
8
2
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
11
2-part opening
6
2-part score
1
2-part single page
11
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
20
3-part score
1
3-part single page
7
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
24
4-part score
1
4-part single page
13
5-part opening
5
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
24
single
11
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
20
left between voice parts as part of grid
3
none
9
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
not in dedicated space
15
provided, in dedicated space
10
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
19
notation extended into margin
14
partial additional staves
10
staveline added
10
staves extended into margin
5
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
15
blue
1
brown
16
dark brown
4
gold
3
light brown
2
red
1
red-brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
3
void mensural
31
Monophonic Notation
absent
30
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
19
high
7
n/a
4
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
5
custodes
1
end symbol
8
pointers
4
repeat signs
18
signa congruentiae
12
signes-de-renvoi
13
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
6
Flemish
2
French
18
German
1
Italian
32
Latin
21
Spanish
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
20
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
5
partially texted with one text
14
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
24
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
19
Type of Script
Italic
1
cursive
6
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
9
cursive (italic)
11
display script
1
hybrida
1
roman
3
rotonda
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
19
high
7
n/a
4
poor
5
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
12
blue
2
brown
19
dark brown
4
gold
1
grey
1
light brown
1
red
5
red-brown
1
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
13
yes
22
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
often
1
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
5
normally
11
occasionally
1
often
4
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
12
calligraphic with decoration
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
decorated
2
flourished
6
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
occasionally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
4
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
3
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
6
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
4
littera notabilior
2
signa congruentiae
1
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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