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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Belgium
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Production method
Manuscript
13
Physical type
choirbook
13
Material
paper
9
parchment
4
Format
upright
13
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
13
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
7
brown
7
dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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double rastrum
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single rastrum
11
straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
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14
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
5
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
9
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
10
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
3
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
n/a
2
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
6
quadruple
2
single
7
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
13
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
4
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
brown
4
dark brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
4
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
4
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Latin
12
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
13
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
5
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
2
hybrida
2
textura
3
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
3
poor
1
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
7
brown
4
dark brown
1
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
2
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
5
occasionally
4
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
flourished
2
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
6
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
3
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
3
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Pricking frequency: none visible
Number of staves: 11
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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