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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England
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Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
9
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
7
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
upright
11
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
1
none visible
5
normally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
7
brown
6
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
9
straightedge
2
Number of staves
10
9
11
5
12
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
4
6
7
7
7
8
11
9
11
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
9
2-part single page
11
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
11
3-part score
1
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
11
4-part single page
5
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
8
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
4
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
3
single
11
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 on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
9
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
8
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
6
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
strene notation
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
9
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
English
1
Flemish
3
French
7
Italian
2
Latin
11
Spanish
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
6
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
7
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
5
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
5
hybrida
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
2
poor
2
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
8
brown
1
dark brown
2
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
10
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
4
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
3
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
4
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Number of staves: 9
Number of staves: 8
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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