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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Tarazona
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
2
monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
5
parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
oblong
5
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
never
1
none visible
2
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
2
dark brown
4
red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
5
straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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2
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3
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4
5
5
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6
3
9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
1
2-part score
1
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
3
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
2
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
7
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
blue
1
dark brown
7
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
2
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
3
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
Italian
1
Latin
6
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
1
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
4
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
1
dark brown
7
light brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
4
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: dark brown
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Colour of text: dark brown
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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