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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France
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
6
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
tablebook
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Material
paper
6
parchment
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
none visible
5
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
8
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
1
single rastrum
5
straightedge
2
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
10
4
11
1
12
1
2
1
3
2
4
2
5
1
6
3
7
4
8
3
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
8
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
3
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
2
single
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
6
other
1
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
6
dark brown
1
red
1
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
strene notation
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
English
1
French
5
Italian
4
Latin
7
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
6
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
4
partially texted with one text
7
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
8
provided with single incipit
6
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
8
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (italic)
2
hybrida
2
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
3
poor
2
Colour of Text
brown
6
dark brown
2
red
2
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
historiated
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
2
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Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Colour of staves: brown
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
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St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 462, 1510-c. 1530, All folios
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