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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Cities
England
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Florence
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France
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Mantua
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
3
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
Material
parchment
5
Format
oblong
1
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
3
red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
single rastrum
2
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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2
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
2
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
3
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
3
Italian
2
Latin
5
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
hybrida
2
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
historiated
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
littera notabilior
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Production method: Manuscript
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Canzoni sonetti strambotti et frottole. Libro primo, Siena, Italy, 1515, , "M.D.XV.Die vero .XXX.mensis augusti",
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