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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London
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Mechelen
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Naples
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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
4
partbook (single)
1
Material
paper
3
parchment
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
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upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
3
normally
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
2
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
2
single rastrum
3
straightedge
2
Number of staves
1
1
10
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11
2
2
1
3
2
4
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5
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6
3
7
3
8
2
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
3
2-part score
1
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
4
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
1
single
4
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
blue
1
dark brown
3
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
3
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
2
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
3
pointers
3
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
English
2
French
1
Italian
1
Latin
5
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
poor
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
2
dark brown
4
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
5
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Other decoration type: end-symbol
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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