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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Netherlands
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
5
choirbook (fragment)
1
Material
parchment
6
Format
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
none visible
1
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
5
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
6
Number of staves
10
6
11
3
12
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4
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5
3
6
3
7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
3
3-part opening
3
4-part opening
5
5-part opening
5
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
5
quadruple
1
single
6
triple
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
staves not ruled on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
1
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive (bastarda)
5
display script
2
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
6
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
6
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
4
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
6
decorated with grotesque heads
3
historiated
3
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
1
ornament
1
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Miniatures frequency: never
Number of staves: 12
Type of notation: void mensural
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Cappella Giulia XIII 27, 1492-4, All folios
Turin, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, MS Ris. mus I. 27 (olim Regia Biblioteca dell'Università, qm III. 59), c. 1500, All folios
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