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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Cities
Florence
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Italy
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Mantua
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Milan
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Naples
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Pisa
1
Rome
1
Venice
2
Production method
Manuscript
12
Printed work
2
Physical type
choirbook
7
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
4
tablebook
1
Material
paper
14
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
10
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
n/a
2
never
2
none visible
10
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
7
dark brown
6
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
freehand
2
single rastrum
4
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
8
Number of staves
10
1
2
1
3
6
4
4
5
3
6
7
7
1
8
1
9
1
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
7
2-part opening
2
2-part score
1
2-part single page
4
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
7
3-part score
1
3-part single page
4
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
8
4-part score
1
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
10
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
7
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
5
staves not ruled
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
8
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
11
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
14
Level of Calligraphy
fair
10
high
2
n/a
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
custodes
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
10
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
8
German
1
Italian
14
Latin
9
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
14
fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
6
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
10
untexted
7
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
7
display script
1
hybrida
1
roman
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
10
high
2
n/a
2
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
brown
12
dark brown
1
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
7
often
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
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Locations part of: Italy
Material: paper
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 f, First quarter of the 16th century,
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