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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Great Britain
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Cities
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Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
11
Material
paper
6
parchment
5
Format
oblong
2
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
none visible
5
normally
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
6
dark brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
freehand
1
single rastrum
9
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
3
11
2
12
2
13
1
14
1
15
1
16
1
17
1
4
1
5
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6
3
8
2
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
7
2-part single page
5
3-part opening
10
3-part single page
7
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
11
4-part single page
5
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
4
6-part consecutive
1
6-part opening
1
7-part consecutive
1
8-part consecutive
1
8-part opening
2
9-part consecutive
1
9-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
1
double
1
none
7
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
11
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
3
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
9
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
5
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
blue
1
brown
4
dark brown
1
gold
1
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
4
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
Flemish
1
French
4
Italian
3
Latin
11
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
1
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
3
poor
2
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
8
blue
2
brown
5
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
8
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
7
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
11
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
4
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
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Separate text: not in dedicated space
Penned initials type: flourished
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
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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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