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
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Italy
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Cities
Brussels
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Mechelen
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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
14
Physical type
choirbook
14
Material
parchment
13
parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
1
none visible
2
normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
1
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
8
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
10
4-part opening
14
5-part opening
12
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
13
quadruple
3
single
13
triple
11
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
14
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
11
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
14
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
14
red
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
13
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
12
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
14
signes-de-renvoi
13
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
4
Latin
13
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
13
fully texted with two or more texts
8
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive (bastarda)
14
display script
12
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
very high
12
Colour of Text
black
14
blue
1
red
13
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
13
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
14
Borders Size
full borders
4
partial borders: one- and two-sided
3
partial borders: one-sided
5
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
3
occasionally
1
rarely
10
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
13
occasionally
3
rarely
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
8
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
10
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
ornament
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Pricking frequency: sometimes
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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