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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Locations of Origin
Countries
Italy
2
Cities
Catalonia
1
Florence
2
Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
3
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
Material
paper
1
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
2
normally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
3
dark brown
1
Ruling Medium
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
3
triple rastrum
1
Number of staves
10
1
11
1
7
3
8
1
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
3
Italian
2
Latin
3
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
4
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
hybrida
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
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Pricking frequency: sometimes
Size of music text area: 0 - 650
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 1597 (olim Colbert 1625), c. 1500, 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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