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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France
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Cities
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Florence
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Toledo
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Production method
Manuscript
17
Physical type
choirbook
13
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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partbooks (complete set)
3
Material
paper
13
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
3
Format
oblong
7
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
13
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
10
dark brown
5
light brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
freehand
1
single rastrum
11
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
5
Number of staves
10
3
11
1
2
1
3
4
4
1
5
3
6
8
7
6
8
5
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
7
2-part opening
5
2-part score
1
2-part single page
8
3-part opening
14
3-part score
1
3-part single page
8
4-part opening
12
4-part score
1
4-part single page
9
5-part opening
4
5-part single page
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
10
single
10
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
14
none
3
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
17
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
16
notation extended into margin
10
other
1
partial additional staves
8
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
17
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
16
Monophonic Notation
absent
14
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
5
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
5
pointers
1
repeat signs
16
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
11
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
7
Flemish
1
French
16
German
1
Italian
13
Latin
15
Spanish
5
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
17
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
7
partially texted with one text
12
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
7
provided with single incipit
14
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
14
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
5
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
4
display script
1
hybrida
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
11
high
5
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
15
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
3
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
16
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
7
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
flourished
2
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
2
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, c.1460-1510, All folios
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