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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Great Britain
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Italy
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Switzerland
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Cities
Casale Monferrato
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Eton
1
Portugal
1
St Gall
1
Tarazona
1
Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
7
Material
paper
5
parchment
2
Format
oblong
1
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
none visible
3
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
4
dark brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
5
straightedge
2
Number of staves
10
2
11
3
12
2
13
2
14
1
15
1
16
1
17
1
5
1
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
4
3-part opening
4
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
5
6-part consecutive
1
6-part opening
2
7-part consecutive
1
8-part consecutive
1
8-part opening
1
9-part consecutive
1
9-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
1
double
2
none
1
single
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
7
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
2
dark brown
3
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
6
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
2
display script
2
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
4
Colour of Text
black
5
blue
1
brown
4
dark brown
2
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
7
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
5
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
4
often
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
4
littera notabilior
1
ornament
1
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Copy language name: Latin
Adhoc adaptation: Indentation for initials filled in
Penned initials type: calligraphic with grotesque heads
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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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