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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Tarazona
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Production method
Manuscript
10
Physical type
choirbook
4
music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbooks (complete set)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
5
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
5
never
2
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
10
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
7
straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
3
11
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12
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13
1
3
1
4
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6
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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 single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
5
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
5
single
5
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
none
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
4
dark brown
6
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
cue notes
1
end symbol
4
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
2
Italian
3
Latin
10
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
8
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
2
humanistic
1
rotonda
1
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
7
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
5
dark brown
5
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
5
occasionally
2
often
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
2
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Separate text: no separate text
Colour of staves: dark brown
Production method: Manuscript
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
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