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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France
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Italy
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Cognac
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Florence
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Naples
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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
14
Physical type
choirbook
10
partbooks (incomplete set)
4
Material
paper
8
parchment
6
Format
oblong
4
upright
10
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
2
none visible
8
normally
2
often
1
rarely
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
10
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
single rastrum
11
Number of staves
10
2
11
1
4
3
5
1
6
3
7
5
8
3
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
10
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
8
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
12
quintuple
1
single
8
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
14
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
10
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
10
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
14
Monophonic Notation
absent
14
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
12
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
7
signa congruentiae
9
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
French
14
German
1
Italian
4
Latin
9
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
8
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
6
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
10
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
8
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
6
cursive (humanistic)
4
cursive (italic)
1
display script
2
humanistic
1
hybrida
2
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
14
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
1
blue
1
brown
14
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
2
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
5
flourished
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
3
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
5
littera notabilior
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Copy language name: French
Colour of text: brown
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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