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