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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Production method
Manuscript
19
Physical type
choirbook
16
choirbook (fragment)
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music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
11
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
5
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
oblong
7
upright
12
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
5
none visible
9
normally
2
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
4
brown
8
dark brown
5
light brown
2
red
1
red-brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
10
straightedge
5
triple rastrum
4
Number of staves
10
4
11
1
2
3
3
5
4
5
5
6
6
19
7
9
8
7
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
9
2-part score
1
2-part single page
10
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
19
3-part score
2
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
17
4-part score
1
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
6
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
10
single
10
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
13
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
not in dedicated space
8
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
7
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
10
partial additional staves
9
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
brown
11
dark brown
3
light brown
2
red
2
red-brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
4
strene notation
1
void mensural
17
Monophonic Notation
absent
16
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
16
high
3
poor
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
8
pointers
3
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
9
signes-de-renvoi
12
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
5
English
2
Flemish
2
French
10
German
1
Italian
11
Latin
17
Spanish
5
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
9
fully texted with one text
14
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
9
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
11
untexted
12
Type of Script
cursive
5
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
2
display script
1
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
19
high
1
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
9
brown
11
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
5
red-brown
1
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
flourished
3
plain initials
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
12
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
7
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
2
signa congruentiae
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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