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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Great Britain
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Italy
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Italy (North)
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London
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Netherlands
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Pisa
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Windsor
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
chansonnier
1
choirbook
1
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
Material
paper
1
parchment
1
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
2
normally
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
2
dark brown
1
n/a
1
Ruling Medium
straightedge
5
Number of staves
1
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10
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2
2
3
3
4
3
5
3
6
5
7
2
8
2
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
3
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
5
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
3
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
2
French
1
Italian
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
2
plain initials
3
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Ruling medium: straightedge
Number of staves: 6
Indentation for initials: none
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 30, 1496-1497, All folios
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