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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Belgium
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Cities
Florence
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Germany (South)
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Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
2
partbooks (complete set)
1
Material
paper (with parchment)
3
Format
oblong
1
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
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none visible
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occasionally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
Number of staves
10
2
11
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4
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6
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8
2
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
3-part opening
1
4-part opening
2
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
2
single
2
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
2
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Material: paper (with parchment)
Level of calligraphy music: high
Multiple texts: yes
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 21, c. 1525, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 30, 1496-1497, All folios
Montserrat, Spain, Monasterio de S Maria, MS 766, 1517-34, All folios
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