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
6
Physical type
choirbook
5
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
4
parchment
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Format
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
4
normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
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dark brown
1
light brown
3
red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
2
11
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5
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6
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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
5
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
4
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
5
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
3
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
3
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
pointers
6
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
4
Italian
1
Latin
4
Spanish
3
n/a
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
brown
3
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Non verbal performance instructions: pointers
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.178, c. 1492-1494, All folios
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