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
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Italy
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Cities
Belgium
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France
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Italy
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Italy (North)
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Mantua
1
Naples
3
Pisa
1
Rome
2
Spain
1
Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
6
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
printed treatise with added polyphony
1
Material
paper
9
Format
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
4
none visible
4
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
7
dark brown
2
light brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
6
straightedge
3
Number of staves
10
2
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
4
7
4
8
3
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
3
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
6
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
5
4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
2
5-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
6
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
7
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
pointers
1
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
7
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
French
7
German
1
Italian
9
Latin
9
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
6
fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one or two texts
4
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
2
display script
1
hybrida
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
2
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
8
dark brown
3
red
3
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
6
occasionally
1
often
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
flourished
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Copy language name: Italian
Copy language name: Latin
Material: paper
Physical format: upright
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 f, First quarter of the 16th century,
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