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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Locations of Origin
Countries
France
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Cities
Glarus, Switzerland
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London
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1
Pisa
1
Windsor
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Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
2
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
Material
paper
3
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
2
upright
2
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
n/a
1
never
3
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
printed staves
1
straightedge
4
Number of staves
10
1
2
1
3
2
4
2
5
3
6
4
7
1
8
1
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
2
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
provided, in dedicated space
1
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
3
brown
1
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
French
1
German
1
Italian
2
Latin
3
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
4
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
3
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
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Miniatures frequency: never
Planned initials frequency: normally
Multiple texts: yes
Extra space: left below voice parts as part of grid
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Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. III, 1520-4 and 1524-30, All folios
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