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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Great Britain
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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
4
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
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Material
paper
5
parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
4
normally
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
2
dark brown
3
light brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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3
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
2
2-part score
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2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
5
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
5
other
2
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
blue
1
brown
1
dark brown
4
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
4
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
5
pointers
3
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
5
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
English
2
French
2
German
1
Italian
2
Latin
6
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
humanistic
1
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
2
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
3
dark brown
6
red
3
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
4
littera notabilior
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Material: paper
Disposition of voice part: 3-part consecutive
Copy language name: Italian
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Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. III, 1520-4 and 1524-30, All folios
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