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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Production method
Manuscript
21
Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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tablebook
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Material
paper
15
paper (with parchment)
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parchment
5
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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upright
14
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
2
none visible
11
normally
4
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
12
dark brown
7
light brown
1
red
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
4
freehand
1
single rastrum
16
triple rastrum
4
Number of staves
10
6
11
2
12
1
3
1
4
2
5
1
6
10
7
6
8
6
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
7
2-part score
1
2-part single page
9
3-part opening
21
3-part score
1
3-part single page
9
4-part opening
20
4-part score
1
4-part single page
10
5-part opening
7
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
12
quintuple
1
single
15
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
21
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
16
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
8
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
19
notation extended into margin
18
other
1
partial additional staves
13
staveline added
10
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
blue
1
brown
17
dark brown
1
gold
1
light brown
1
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
2
void mensural
20
Monophonic Notation
absent
17
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
14
high
8
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
9
pointers
2
repeat signs
21
signa congruentiae
14
signes-de-renvoi
15
space-filler
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
8
Flemish
1
French
17
German
1
Italian
12
Latin
18
Spanish
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
2
fully texted with one or two texts
16
fully texted with one text
16
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
8
partially texted with one text
17
partially texted with two texts
2
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
10
provided with single incipit
20
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
20
Type of Script
cursive
7
cursive (bastarda)
7
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
4
display script
1
hybrida
4
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
8
poor
5
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
brown
21
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
2
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
17
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
2
never
3
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
7
occasionally
3
often
4
rarely
6
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
9
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
decorated
2
flourished
3
historiated
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
7
often
2
rarely
5
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
3
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
4
littera notabilior
4
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Colour of text: brown
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.117, c. 1505-1515, All folios
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