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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Netherlands
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Cities
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Production method
Manuscript
28
Physical type
choirbook
19
music treatise(s) containing polyphony
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
partbook (single)
2
partbooks (complete set)
1
partbooks (incomplete set)
2
poetry collection with some notated music
1
tablebook
1
Material
paper
19
parchment
8
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
1
oblong
5
upright
22
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
4
never
3
none visible
16
normally
3
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
6
brown
28
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
6
freehand
5
single rastrum
22
straightedge
3
triple rastrum
3
Number of staves
1
2
10
10
11
5
12
2
2
6
3
5
4
7
5
4
6
14
7
7
8
10
9
7
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
13
2-part consecutive
3
2-part opening
10
2-part score
2
2-part single page
12
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
21
3-part score
2
3-part single page
11
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
22
4-part score
1
4-part single page
10
5-part opening
12
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
5
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
15
quintuple
1
single
19
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
24
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
6
staves not ruled on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
not in dedicated space
15
provided, in dedicated space
13
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
11
notation and staves extended into margin
25
notation extended into margin
18
other
1
partial additional staves
15
staveline added
10
staves extended into margin
5
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
blue
1
brown
20
dark brown
4
light brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (square)
3
full mensural
3
strene notation
1
void mensural
28
Monophonic Notation
absent
22
present
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
13
high
11
poor
3
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
4
cue notes
1
end symbol
6
pointers
4
repeat signs
16
signa congruentiae
15
signes-de-renvoi
17
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
English
2
Flemish
2
French
16
German
1
Italian
11
Latin
24
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
14
fully texted with one text
22
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
6
partially texted with one text
15
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
2
provided with one or two incipits
8
provided with single incipit
17
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
16
Type of Script
cursive
9
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
8
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
4
display script
2
hybrida
4
roman
1
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
11
high
10
poor
6
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
8
blue
2
brown
19
dark brown
4
light brown
1
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
12
yes
18
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
3
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
3
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
5
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
2
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
11
occasionally
3
often
3
rarely
7
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
13
calligraphic with decoration
7
calligraphic with grotesque heads
9
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
5
historiated
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
4
rarely
7
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
4
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
3
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Cape Town, South Africa, National Library of South Africa, MS Grey 3.b.12, Before 1506, All folios
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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