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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Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
2
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
2
parchment
2
Format
oblong
1
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
1
dark brown
1
light brown
2
red
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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3
1
5
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6
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7
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8
2
9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
2
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
1
4-part single page
1
Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
1
dark brown
1
light brown
4
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
2
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
2
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
4
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
poor
1
Colour of Text
brown
2
light brown
3
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
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Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Colour of notation: light brown
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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