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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Countries
France
1
Great Britain
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Italy
6
Spain
2
Cities
Catalonia
1
England
1
Florence
5
France
1
Girona
1
Italy
1
Mantua
1
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1
Segovia
1
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1
Production method
Manuscript
11
Physical type
choirbook
11
Material
paper
7
parchment
3
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
oblong
2
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
none visible
7
normally
2
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
11
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
freehand
2
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
7
straightedge
1
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
10
5
11
2
12
1
6
4
7
4
8
3
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
5
2-part score
1
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
11
3-part score
2
3-part single page
7
4-part opening
10
4-part score
1
4-part single page
5
5-part opening
6
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
5
single
8
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
9
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
11
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
8
dark brown
1
red
2
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
strene notation
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
6
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
end symbol
5
pointers
3
repeat signs
11
signa congruentiae
10
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
English
1
Flemish
1
French
9
Italian
6
Latin
10
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
9
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
4
partially texted with one text
11
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
10
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
11
Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
2
hybrida
2
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
4
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
1
blue
1
brown
9
dark brown
1
red
3
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
3
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
flourished
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
historiated
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
4
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
3
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Physical type: choirbook
Colour of staves: brown
Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 4, c. 1516-18, All folios
Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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