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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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
2
6-part opening
4
Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
3
quadruple
2
single
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triple
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
3
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
Type of Notation
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
very high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
8
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
2
Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two or more texts
4
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
8
display script
6
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
very high
5
Colour of Text
black
8
red
7
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
8
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
3
normally
1
often
2
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
5
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Number of staves: 3
Number of staves: 5
Other decoration frequency: often
Penned initials type: calligraphic with grotesque heads
Physical type: choirbook
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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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