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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Cities
Florence
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Naples
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Siena
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Production method
Manuscript
1
Printed work
2
Physical type
choirbook
2
partbooks (complete set)
1
Material
paper
2
paper (with parchment)
1
Format
oblong
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
n/a
2
never
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
1
Number of staves
4
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
4-part opening
2
4-part single page
2
Indentation for Initials
none
2
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
none
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
n/a
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
signa congruentiae
1
Copying of Text
Language
Italian
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
2
Type of Script
Italic
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
n/a
2
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
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Physical type: music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds latin MS 16664 (olim Sorbonne 1479), Late 15th century, All folios
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