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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1
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Vienna
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Production method
Manuscript
32
Physical type
choirbook
25
choirbook (fragment)
1
choirbook (single quire(s))
3
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
32
Format
upright
32
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
6
none visible
13
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
8
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
25
brown
7
dark brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
3
single rastrum
27
straightedge
4
Number of staves
1
1
10
14
11
7
12
6
2
14
3
16
4
19
5
21
6
23
7
22
8
32
9
18
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
10-part opening
1
12-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
16
2-part single page
10
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
26
3-part single page
7
4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
30
4-part single page
8
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
21
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
10
8-part opening
4
Indentation for Initials
double
14
none
8
single
32
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
13
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
8
variable space, not on grid
19
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
26
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
10
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
13
notation extended into margin
3
other
3
partial additional staves
8
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
26
brown
8
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
32
Monophonic Notation
absent
22
present
11
Level of Calligraphy
fair
13
high
15
poor
4
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
none
1
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
11
signes-de-renvoi
15
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
Dutch
1
Flemish
1
French
5
German
2
Italian
2
Latin
31
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
30
fully texted with two or more texts
4
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
3
provided with multiple incipits
2
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
8
untexted
11
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
5
cursive (bastarda)
6
cursive (humanistic)
2
display script
15
humanistic
1
hybrida
2
rotonda
1
textura
15
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
16
poor
6
very high
3
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
26
blue
1
brown
7
dark brown
2
dark red
1
green
1
red
18
Multiple Texts
no
21
yes
14
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
4
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
5
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
3
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
6
often
3
rarely
7
sometimes
9
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
20
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
7
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
5
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
2
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
3
littera notabilior
2
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Material: paper
Number of staves: 8
Indentation for initials: single
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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