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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Tarazona
3
Vic
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
3
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
5
Material
paper
8
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
6
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
never
1
none visible
3
normally
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
4
dark brown
4
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
1
1
10
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11
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12
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2
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3
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6
5
1
6
2
7
1
8
1
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
9
2-part opening
1
2-part score
1
2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
2
3-part score
1
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
3
single
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
9
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
5
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
7
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
blue
1
dark brown
9
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
3
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
4
pointers
2
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
3
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
2
French
2
Latin
7
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
6
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (humanistic)
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
6
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
3
dark brown
7
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
Borders Frequency
never
3
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
4
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: dark brown
Type of notation: void mensural
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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