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
Countries
Belgium
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Italy
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Silesia
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Cities
Antwerp
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Bologna
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Ferrara
1
Portugal
1
Zagan
3
Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
2
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
3
Material
paper
5
parchment
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
4
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
7
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
7
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
7
Number of staves
1
1
10
2
11
1
4
3
5
1
7
1
8
3
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
2
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
2
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
1
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
7
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
4
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
Type of Notation
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
3
French
5
German
3
Italian
1
Latin
7
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
partially texted with two or more texts
1
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (German)
3
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
7
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Copy language name: Italian
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
Other decoration frequency: rarely
Physical type: choirbook
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Bologna, Italy, Biblioteca Universitaria, MS 2573 (2231), 1490s, All folios
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