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
5
France
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Great Britain
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Italy
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Basel
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Brussels
4
England
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1
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1
Mechelen
5
Munich
2
Windsor
1
Production method
Manuscript
13
Physical type
choirbook
12
choirbook (fragment)
1
Material
paper
4
parchment
6
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
upright
13
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
2
none visible
2
normally
3
often
3
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
7
brown
6
dark brown
1
light brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
9
straightedge
3
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
1
1
10
8
11
2
2
3
3
5
4
5
5
8
6
12
7
13
8
12
9
10
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
9
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
11
3-part score
1
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
13
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
7
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
4
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
3
quintuple
1
single
13
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
6
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
brown
3
dark brown
1
red
4
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
2
strene notation
1
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
11
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
very high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
pointers
2
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
2
Flemish
1
French
5
Italian
1
Latin
10
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two or more texts
5
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
3
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
4
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
7
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
6
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
6
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
9
brown
3
dark brown
1
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
5
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
3
normally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
2
plain initials
3
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
13
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
5
rarely
6
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
4
normally
2
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
2
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Production method: Manuscript
Number of staves: 7
Penned initials frequency: rarely
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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