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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Locations of Origin
Countries
Great Britain
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Italy
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Cities
London
1
Naples
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
2
parchment
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
2
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
1
straightedge
2
Number of staves
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
5
3
6
2
7
1
8
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
1
2-part score
1
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
2
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
2
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
blue
1
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
2
dark brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
diagrams
1
end-symbol
1
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Number of staves: 2
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Bologna, Italy, Biblioteca Universitaria, MS 2573 (2231), 1490s, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 66 (olim H.C. 63; = MaiM 11), c. 1515, All folios
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