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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France
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Mantua
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Naples
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
8
Material
paper
6
parchment
2
Format
oblong
2
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
7
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
6
dark brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
7
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
10
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6
3
7
3
8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
4
2-part score
1
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
8
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
7
4-part score
1
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
5
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
7
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
7
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
7
light brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
4
French
8
German
1
Italian
5
Latin
7
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
7
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
8
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
8
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
8
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (italic)
2
display script
1
hybrida
2
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
1
blue
1
brown
8
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
1
historiated
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Colour of text: brown
Copy language name: French
Monophonic notation: absent
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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