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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Manuscript
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Printed work
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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (fragment(s))
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
4
n/a
9
never
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none visible
6
often
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
13
brown
4
light brown
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n/a
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
10
straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
1
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10
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11
5
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13
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14
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15
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3
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4
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9
6
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
8
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
3
3-part opening
7
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
15
4-part single page
2
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
7
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
9
single
16
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
12
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
4
staves not ruled on grid
5
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
21
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
20
brown
4
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
22
Monophonic Notation
absent
21
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
5
n/a
9
poor
1
very high
3
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
9
end symbol
1
none
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
10
signes-de-renvoi
8
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
4
German
1
Italian
3
Latin
21
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
21
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
5
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
3
Type of Script
Italic
1
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
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display script
4
roman
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rotonda
7
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
7
n/a
9
poor
1
very high
2
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
18
blue
1
brown
4
red
7
Multiple Texts
no
23
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
3
normally
1
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
never
3
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
6
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
flourished
2
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
2
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
1
littera notabilior
1
signa congruentiae
1
vignette
1
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Motetti A, Venice, Italy, 1502, , "die 9 Madij Salutis anno 1502", All
Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 9, c. 1515, All folios
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