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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Great Britain
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Cities
Catalonia
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Coimbra
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Italy (North)
1
London
1
Naples
1
Rome
1
Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
5
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
5
parchment
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
3
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
2
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
5
straightedge
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Number of staves
1
1
10
1
11
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
2
7
2
8
1
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
4
2-part score
1
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
3
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
blue
1
brown
3
dark brown
2
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
2
full mensural
2
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
pointers
3
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
5
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
1
French
2
Italian
2
Latin
6
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
textura
1
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
3
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
brown
4
dark brown
3
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
flourished
3
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
3
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Locations name: Belgium
Physical type: music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
Indentation for initials: single
Disposition of voice part: 5-part single page
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Panciatichi 27, Early 16th century, All folios
Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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