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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Countries
Belgium
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Antwerp
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Mechelen
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Pisa
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Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
2
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
2
parchment
2
Format
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
1
none visible
2
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
2
straightedge
2
Number of staves
1
2
10
3
11
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
2
7
1
8
2
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
2
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
2
5-part opening
2
7-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
3
single
2
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
4
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Italian
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
historiated
1
plain initials
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Production method: Manuscript
Extra space: none
Penned initials frequency: normally
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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