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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Belgium
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
5
choirbook (fragment(s))
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
3
parchment
4
Format
upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
2
none visible
2
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
1
dark brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
7
Number of staves
1
1
10
4
11
3
12
1
5
1
6
1
8
5
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
4
3-part score
1
4-part opening
6
5-part opening
5
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
2
single
7
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
3
staves not ruled on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
poor
1
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
7
custodes
1
end symbol
5
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
1
Italian
1
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
humanistic
2
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
7
dark brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
2
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
3
decorative final long
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Colour of notation: black
Non verbal performance instructions: coronae
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 2245, c. 1490-8, All folios
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