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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Countries
Austria
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Belgium
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Italy
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Portugal
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Cities
Augsburg
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Brussels
9
Casale Monferrato
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Coimbra
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France
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Mechelen
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Munich
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Munich, Germany
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Rome
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
25
Physical type
choirbook
25
Material
paper
13
parchment
11
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
25
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
9
never
1
none visible
7
normally
1
often
3
sometimes
5
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
21
brown
3
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
25
Number of staves
1
1
10
15
11
6
12
3
13
1
2
9
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7
4
11
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14
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19
7
20
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21
9
16
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
25
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
24
4-part opening
25
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
20
6-part opening
11
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
25
none
5
quadruple
1
single
23
triple
10
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
17
none
1
staves not ruled
3
staves not ruled on grid
13
variable space, not on grid
11
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
24
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
8
notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
21
brown
4
dark brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
2
void mensural
25
Monophonic Notation
absent
17
present
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
13
very high
8
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
11
signes-de-renvoi
17
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
5
Latin
24
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
24
fully texted with two or more texts
9
fully texted with two texts
4
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
14
display script
17
textura
11
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
15
very high
9
Colour of Text
black
22
blue
1
brown
4
dark brown
1
red
19
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
16
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
9
Borders Frequency
never
3
rarely
9
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
4
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
3
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
10
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
12
occasionally
4
often
3
rarely
7
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
15
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
6
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
6
normally
3
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
8
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Indentation for initials: double
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.107bis, 1510-1513, All folios
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