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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Switzerland
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Basel
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Belgium
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Florence
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France
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Naples
1
Rome
1
Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
5
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
1
Material
paper
7
Format
oblong
4
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
1
none visible
3
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
4
dark brown
3
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
4
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
3
1
4
1
6
3
7
2
8
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
1
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
5
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
blue
1
brown
6
gold
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
1
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
repeat signs
7
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
7
French
7
German
2
Italian
6
Latin
7
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
6
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
7
untexted
7
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
2
display script
1
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
2
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
7
dark brown
1
red
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
2
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
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Copy language name: Dutch
Copy language name: Latin
Material: paper
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
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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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