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
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Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbook (single)
2
partbooks (complete set)
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poetry collection with some notated music
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printed treatise with added polyphony
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single leaf
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Material
paper
13
parchment
3
Format
oblong
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upright
11
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
7
none visible
6
occasionally
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
8
brown
7
dark brown
1
light brown
3
red
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
3
single rastrum
9
straightedge
8
Number of staves
1
2
10
4
11
1
12
1
13
1
14
1
2
7
3
7
4
7
5
7
6
7
7
6
8
5
9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
7
2-part consecutive
4
2-part opening
6
2-part score
1
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
5
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
5
4-part consecutive
3
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
4
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
4
5-part single page
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
7
single
11
varies
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
6
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
16
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
2
other
3
partial additional staves
9
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
blue
1
brown
9
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
3
void mensural
16
Monophonic Notation
absent
12
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
16
high
1
poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
2
English
1
Flemish
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French
6
German
3
Italian
3
Latin
16
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
13
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
6
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
9
untexted
12
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
5
cursive (German)
3
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
4
cursive (italic)
1
display script
2
hybrida
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
3
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
9
brown
8
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
6
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
2
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
often
2
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
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Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Copy language name: Latin
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouvelles acquisitions françaises MS 1817, c. 1514-23, All folios
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