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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Italy
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Production method
Manuscript
25
Physical type
choirbook
15
choirbook (fragment(s))
2
choirbook (fragment)
1
choirbook (single quire(s))
3
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
2
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
24
parchment
1
Format
oblong
3
upright
22
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
25
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
11
brown
9
dark brown
3
light brown
2
red
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
1
double rastrum
2
freehand
5
single rastrum
18
straightedge
5
Number of staves
1
1
10
9
11
3
12
5
13
3
14
2
15
2
2
3
3
5
4
5
5
5
6
9
7
7
8
9
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
6
2-part score
1
2-part single page
6
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
16
3-part single page
7
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
25
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
8
6-part opening
2
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
12
single
16
triple
1
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
15
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
5
none
7
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
18
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
6
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
10
none
2
notation and staves extended into margin
16
notation extended into margin
7
other
4
partial additional staves
9
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
18
blue
1
brown
10
dark brown
3
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
3
full mensural
1
void mensural
25
Monophonic Notation
absent
21
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
18
high
5
poor
6
very high
1
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
4
end symbol
4
none
4
pointers
2
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
10
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
1
Flemish
1
French
9
German
4
Italian
3
Latin
24
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
22
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
7
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
13
untexted
15
varies
1
Type of Script
antiqua
2
cursive
7
cursive (German)
7
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
7
cursive (italic)
3
display script
2
humanistic
1
hybrida
2
rotonda
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
18
high
3
poor
9
very high
1
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
17
brown
11
dark brown
4
red
4
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
23
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
flourished
2
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
4
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
3
often
3
rarely
6
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
13
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
2
occasionally
3
often
5
rarely
3
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
6
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
5
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
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Type of notation: void mensural
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Pricking frequency: never
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.M.1.12 (Lat. 455; olim V.H.9), 1481, All folios
Segovia, Spain, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, MS s.s., c. 1498-1515, All folios
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