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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Florence
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Italy
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Milan
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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
5
partbooks (incomplete set)
2
polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
1
Material
paper
7
parchment
1
Format
oblong
3
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
8
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
8
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
single rastrum
5
Number of staves
10
2
4
2
6
2
7
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
2
2-part score
1
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
4
3-part score
1
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
5
4-part score
1
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
5
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
5
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
Level of Calligraphy
high
8
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
6
Italian
2
Latin
6
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
6
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
5
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
1
hybrida
2
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
6
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
8
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
historiated
1
Planned Initials Frequency
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
1
littera notabilior
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Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Pricking frequency: none visible
Level of calligraphy music: high
Colour of staves: brown
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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