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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Countries
Czech Republic
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England
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Great Britain
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Italy
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Netherlands
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Cities
England
1
France
1
Italy
1
Italy (North)
1
Northamptonshire
1
Pisa
1
Prague
1
Stirling
1
Utrecht
1
Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
4
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
poetry collection with some notated music
1
printed book with interpolated polyphony
1
printed treatise with added polyphony
1
Material
paper
6
parchment
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
3
none visible
2
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
5
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
3
single rastrum
3
straightedge
4
Number of staves
10
3
11
2
12
1
2
1
3
1
4
3
5
2
6
4
7
5
8
4
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
8
3-part opening
5
3-part score
1
3-part single page
4
4-part consecutive
4
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
4
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
4
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
4
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
4
strene notation
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
1
poor
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
English
1
French
1
German
1
Italian
2
Latin
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two or more texts
2
partially texted with one text
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
3
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
5
dark brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
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Number of staves: 8
Production method: Manuscript
Type of script: rotonda
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 30, 1496-1497, All folios
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