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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Locations of Origin
Countries
Belgium
5
Italy
3
Spain
1
Cities
Bruges
1
Brussels
2
Casale Monferrato
1
Florence
1
Mechelen
4
Rome
1
Tarazona
1
Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
11
Material
paper
6
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
4
Format
upright
11
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
none visible
3
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
5
brown
3
dark brown
3
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
11
Number of staves
10
6
11
5
12
3
13
2
2
1
4
1
5
2
6
3
7
3
8
5
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
6
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
10
3-part score
1
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
9
6-part opening
5
7-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
5
single
8
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
4
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
brown
2
dark brown
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
11
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
3
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
11
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
Flemish
1
French
4
Italian
1
Latin
11
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two or more texts
3
partially texted with one text
2
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
5
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
6
hybrida
1
roman
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
7
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
9
blue
1
brown
2
dark brown
2
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
8
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
2
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Level of calligraphy music: fair
Ruling medium: quadruple rastrum
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Colour of staves: dark brown
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 4, c. 1516-18, All folios
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