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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Countries
Italy
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Cities
Catalonia
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Italy (North)
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Mantua
1
Naples
1
Rome
1
Spain
1
Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
4
Material
paper
3
paper (with parchment)
1
Format
oblong
1
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
2
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
1
dark brown
3
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
2
11
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
3
7
2
8
1
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
4
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
3
other
2
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
3
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
3
German
1
Italian
3
Latin
4
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
3
dark brown
3
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
1
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Level of calligraphy music: fair
Penned initials type: calligraphic with grotesque heads
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 30, 1496-1497, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 32, c. 1496-1498, All folios
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