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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Florence
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Italy
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Italy (North)
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Mantua
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Naples
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Pisa
1
Rome
1
Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
4
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
Material
paper
4
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
2
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
4
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
5
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
1
6
3
7
2
8
2
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
5
2-part score
1
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
6
3-part score
1
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
5
4-part score
1
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
5
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
3
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
5
Italian
6
Latin
6
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
5
dark brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
often
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
often
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
3
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
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Copy language name: Italian
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Type of notation: void mensural
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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