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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Belgium
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Italy
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Netherlands
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Cities
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Production method
Manuscript
25
Physical type
choirbook
16
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (fragment)
1
partbook (single)
4
partbooks (complete set)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
Material
paper
22
parchment
3
Format
upright
25
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
7
none visible
13
normally
3
often
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
7
brown
19
dark brown
3
light brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
1
single rastrum
25
straightedge
2
Number of staves
10
9
11
6
12
4
13
2
14
1
2
1
4
1
5
2
6
6
7
4
8
7
9
7
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
12
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
8
2-part single page
8
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
14
3-part score
1
3-part single page
9
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
15
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
8
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
n/a
2
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
14
single
14
triple
1
varies
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
19
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
4
none
7
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
14
not in dedicated space
10
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
14
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
21
notation extended into margin
15
other
5
partial additional staves
13
staveline added
6
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
brown
18
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
1
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
25
Monophonic Notation
absent
18
present
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
15
high
7
poor
8
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
5
none
3
pointers
3
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
9
signes-de-renvoi
12
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
3
Dutch
3
Flemish
1
French
13
German
3
Italian
4
Latin
23
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
8
fully texted with one text
20
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
15
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
11
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
17
varies
2
Type of Script
cursive
25
cursive (German)
2
cursive (Italianate)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
2
humanistic
1
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
16
high
7
poor
9
Colour of Text
black
12
blue
2
brown
20
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
18
yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
flourished
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
7
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
6
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
11
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
flourished
5
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
always
4
normally
5
often
4
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
banner
1
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
4
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Type of script: cursive
Physical format: upright
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 1597 (olim Colbert 1625), c. 1500, All folios
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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