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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Czech Republic
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Italy
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Florence
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Mantua
1
Pisa
1
Rome
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Spain
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Production method
Manuscript
10
Physical type
choirbook
4
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
tablebook
1
Material
paper
8
parchment
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
2
upright
7
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
8
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
10
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
1
single rastrum
6
straightedge
2
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
10
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
2
6
3
7
4
8
3
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
4
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
6
single
6
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
4
other
2
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
6
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
Dutch
1
French
6
Italian
7
Latin
8
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
10
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
6
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
6
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive
4
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
2
display script
1
hybrida
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
4
poor
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
brown
7
dark brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
10
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
ornament
1
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Colour of staves: brown
Penned initials frequency: normally
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8° 280, c. 1500,
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