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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Cities
Antwerp
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1
Mechelen
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Munich
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Netherlands
1
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Seville
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
6
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
2
parchment
5
Format
upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
1
none visible
3
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
2
dark brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
7
Number of staves
1
1
10
5
11
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12
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2
1
4
2
5
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6
3
7
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8
7
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
6
3-part score
1
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
1
single
6
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
1
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
1
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
4
end symbol
7
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
Flemish
1
French
3
Italian
1
Latin
7
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
1
humanistic
1
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
poor
1
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
6
blue
1
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
3
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
2
decorative final long
1
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Number of staves: 8
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
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London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
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