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
Brussels
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Netherlands
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Production method
Manuscript
10
Physical type
choirbook
10
Material
paper
2
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
7
Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
3
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
10
brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
9
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
8
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
8
6-part opening
4
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
2
quadruple
1
single
8
triple
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
10
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
very high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
3
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
10
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
5
Latin
10
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
4
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
9
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
7
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
5
very high
6
Colour of Text
black
10
blue
1
dark brown
1
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
6
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
5
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
7
occasionally
2
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
3
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
4
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Physical type: music treatise(s) containing polyphony
Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
Type of script: textura
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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