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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Italy
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Cities
Belgium
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Florence
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Italy (North)
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Mantua
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Naples
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1
Rome
1
Spain
1
Production method
Manuscript
16
Physical type
choirbook
6
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
4
tablebook
1
Material
paper
11
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
3
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
7
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
12
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
10
dark brown
6
red-brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
freehand
2
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
7
straightedge
2
triple rastrum
8
Number of staves
10
2
2
2
3
7
4
4
5
1
6
7
7
5
8
4
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
3
2-part single page
10
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
11
3-part single page
5
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
2
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
11
single
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
5
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
11
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
6
other
1
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
5
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
11
dark brown
2
light brown
2
red
1
red-brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
16
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
16
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
pointers
2
repeat signs
12
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
9
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
French
11
German
1
Italian
16
Latin
12
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
16
fully texted with one text
6
partially texted with one or two texts
6
partially texted with one text
10
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
13
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
10
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
7
display script
1
hybrida
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
13
high
1
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
4
blue
1
brown
11
dark brown
3
light brown
1
red
4
red-brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
15
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
10
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
1
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of notation: brown
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Physical format: upright
Pricking frequency: none visible
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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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