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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Production method
Manuscript
25
Physical type
choirbook
17
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
3
partbooks (incomplete set)
2
Material
paper
15
paper (with parchment)
2
parchment
6
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
oblong
9
upright
16
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
2
none visible
15
normally
4
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
13
dark brown
9
gold
1
light brown
1
reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
3
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
16
straightedge
3
triple rastrum
5
Number of staves
1
1
10
6
11
3
2
3
3
5
4
5
5
2
6
10
7
7
8
9
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
13
2-part opening
8
2-part score
1
2-part single page
11
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
19
3-part score
3
3-part single page
12
4-part opening
17
4-part score
1
4-part single page
12
5-part opening
8
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
11
single
17
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
21
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
6
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
18
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
3
made for complete additional staves
8
notation and staves extended into margin
24
notation extended into margin
16
other
2
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
13
staves extended into margin
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
18
dark brown
5
gold
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
4
full mensural
4
strene notation
1
void mensural
24
Monophonic Notation
absent
20
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
15
high
8
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
8
pointers
3
repeat signs
25
signa congruentiae
14
signes-de-renvoi
14
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
9
English
1
Flemish
1
French
20
German
1
Italian
16
Latin
25
Spanish
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
25
fully texted with one text
18
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
7
partially texted with one text
18
partially texted with two texts
2
provided with one or two incipits
9
provided with single incipit
19
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
18
Type of Script
cursive
6
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
7
cursive (humanistic)
4
cursive (italic)
4
display script
1
hybrida
6
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
14
high
10
poor
3
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
7
blue
1
brown
16
dark brown
7
gold
1
red
4
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
24
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
3
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
5
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
7
occasionally
2
often
4
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
12
calligraphic with decoration
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
2
flourished
2
plain initials
7
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
often
3
rarely
5
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
4
littera notabilior
3
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Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.F.9.9 (Ital. 1221; olim VIII.F.27), 1495-6, All folios
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