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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Rome
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Toledo
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Production method
Manuscript
12
Physical type
choirbook
9
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
tablebook
1
Material
paper
11
parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
4
upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
8
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
8
dark brown
3
light brown
1
reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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3
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5
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6
7
7
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8
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9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
3
2-part score
1
2-part single page
6
3-part opening
11
3-part score
1
3-part single page
5
4-part opening
11
4-part score
1
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
5
single
9
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
8
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
9
other
1
partial additional staves
12
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
12
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
4
repeat signs
12
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
9
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
Flemish
1
French
9
German
1
Italian
8
Latin
9
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
11
fully texted with one text
8
partially texted with one or two texts
5
partially texted with one text
10
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
7
provided with single incipit
10
untexted
12
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
4
display script
1
hybrida
4
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
3
poor
4
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
11
dark brown
2
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
5
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
often
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Indentation for initials: triple
Monophonic notation: absent
Other decoration frequency: never
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: none visible
Type of notation: void mensural
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
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