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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Florence
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
4
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
4
Material
paper
8
paper (with parchment)
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Format
oblong
6
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
7
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
4
dark brown
6
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
freehand
1
single rastrum
3
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
4
Number of staves
10
1
3
4
4
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6
3
8
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9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
4
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
9
single
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
7
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
blue
1
brown
7
dark brown
1
gold
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
8
Italian
9
Latin
9
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
7
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
7
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
9
red
1
Multiple Texts
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
9
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
flourished
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of text: black
Copy language name: French
Indentation for initials: single
Multiple texts: yes
Physical format: oblong
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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