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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Venice
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Production method
Manuscript
18
Printed work
3
Physical type
choirbook
16
choirbook (single quire(s))
3
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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tablebook
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Material
paper
15
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
4
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
4
upright
16
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
n/a
3
never
5
none visible
7
normally
1
sometimes
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
5
brown
11
dark brown
4
light brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
freehand
3
single rastrum
14
straightedge
3
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
10
7
11
3
12
5
13
1
2
2
3
2
4
5
5
4
6
11
7
7
8
7
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
10
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
18
3-part score
1
3-part single page
9
4-part opening
21
4-part single page
15
5-part opening
8
5-part single page
3
6-part opening
3
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
8
single
15
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
17
left below voice parts as part of grid
3
left between voice parts as part of grid
3
none
4
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
9
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
8
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
16
notation extended into margin
11
other
2
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
brown
12
dark brown
1
red
1
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
3
full mensural
1
strene notation
1
void mensural
21
Monophonic Notation
absent
18
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
10
high
4
n/a
3
poor
4
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
7
custodes
1
end symbol
5
none
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
12
signa congruentiae
10
signes-de-renvoi
11
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
4
English
1
French
13
German
3
Italian
7
Latin
17
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
2
fully texted with one or two texts
11
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
6
partially texted with one text
13
partially texted with two texts
2
provided with one or two incipits
21
provided with single incipit
14
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
17
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
4
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
2
display script
2
hybrida
4
roman
3
rotonda
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
5
n/a
3
poor
7
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
10
blue
1
brown
12
dark brown
3
red
4
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
14
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
4
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
3
often
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
flourished
3
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
7
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
4
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
13
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
flourished
2
historiated
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
banner
1
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
2
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Type of notation: void mensural
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 17 (olim 148), 1490-1500, All folios
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