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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Countries
Belgium
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Cities
Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
2
Material
paper
2
parchment
1
Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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dark brown
2
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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2
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4
2
5
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
1
4-part opening
1
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
single
3
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
dark brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
3
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one text
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
1
dark brown
2
red
1
Multiple Texts
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
Physical type: music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
Copy language name: Italian
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
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