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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Belgium
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Portugal
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Cities
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Production method
Manuscript
17
Physical type
choirbook
14
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
Material
paper
9
parchment
5
parchment and paper (mixed)
3
Format
upright
17
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
never
2
none visible
8
normally
2
often
2
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
10
brown
7
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
2
single rastrum
15
straightedge
3
Number of staves
10
11
11
5
12
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
6
6
9
7
11
8
15
9
17
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
17
2-part single page
8
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
16
3-part score
1
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
17
4-part single page
6
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
12
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
4
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
8
none
6
single
16
triple
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
17
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
17
notation and staves extended into margin
13
notation extended into margin
8
partial additional staves
12
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
5
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
brown
4
dark brown
2
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
2
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
16
Monophonic Notation
absent
11
present
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
6
poor
1
very high
2
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
4
none
1
pointers
2
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
14
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
English
2
Flemish
2
French
6
Italian
1
Latin
16
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
16
fully texted with two or more texts
6
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
2
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
7
untexted
9
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
7
cursive (humanistic)
2
display script
8
hybrida
1
textura
2
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
9
high
5
poor
2
very high
4
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
12
brown
4
dark brown
2
red
10
Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
11
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
4
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
5
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
plain initials
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
6
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
6
sometimes
6
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
13
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
4
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
4
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
4
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
1
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Colour of staves: light brown
Borders frequency: rarely
Level of calligraphy music: poor
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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