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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Belgium
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Florence
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Mantua
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Naples
2
Pisa
1
Pordenone
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Rome
1
Spain
1
Production method
Manuscript
10
Physical type
choirbook
6
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
6
parchment
3
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
6
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
8
dark brown
2
red-brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
6
straightedge
2
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
10
2
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
6
7
5
8
4
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
10
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
10
3-part single page
5
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
9
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
2
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
6
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
9
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
8
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
5
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
6
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
red-brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
10
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
4
pointers
1
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
9
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
7
German
1
Italian
10
Latin
9
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
8
fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one or two texts
5
partially texted with one text
6
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
7
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
7
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
display script
1
hybrida
2
rotonda
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
high
1
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
4
blue
1
brown
6
dark brown
2
red
5
red-brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
2
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
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Physical format: upright
Copy language name: Italian
Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
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