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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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
4
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
5
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
3
none visible
1
normally
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
3
dark brown
3
Ruling Medium
freehand
2
single rastrum
3
straightedge
3
Number of staves
1
1
10
3
11
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
2
6
4
7
3
8
3
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
1
2-part score
1
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
5
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
single
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
5
other
3
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
blue
1
brown
2
dark brown
4
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
4
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
5
pointers
2
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
5
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
2
French
2
German
1
Italian
2
Latin
6
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
5
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Anglicana)
1
display script
1
humanistic
1
hybrida
2
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
2
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
2
dark brown
6
red
4
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
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Colour of text: dark brown
Presence absence of text: untexted
Indentation for initials: single
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 2245, c. 1490-8, All folios
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