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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Great Britain
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Italy
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Spain
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Cities
Augsburg
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Netherlands
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1
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1
St Gall
1
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1
Production method
Manuscript
42
Physical type
choirbook
34
choirbook (fragment)
1
music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
1
non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
1
partbook (single)
1
partbooks (complete set)
4
Material
paper
16
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
24
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
oblong
5
upright
37
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
12
never
6
none visible
17
normally
2
often
4
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
27
brown
15
gold
1
light brown
1
red
2
red-brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
5
freehand
1
printed staves
4
quadruple rastrum
1
single rastrum
31
straightedge
3
triple rastrum
2
Number of staves
1
2
10
27
11
14
12
9
13
3
14
1
2
4
3
6
4
5
5
11
6
17
7
17
8
23
9
22
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
10
2-part opening
12
2-part single page
8
3-part opening
28
3-part single page
4
4-part opening
32
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
21
5-part single page
3
6-part opening
8
7-part opening
2
8-part opening
1
n/a
3
Indentation for Initials
double
23
none
9
quadruple
5
quintuple
1
single
31
triple
17
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
42
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
staves not ruled
3
staves not ruled on grid
15
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
33
not in dedicated space
9
provided, in dedicated space
6
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
3
made for complete additional staves
11
notation and staves extended into margin
28
notation extended into margin
12
other
2
partial additional staves
15
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
31
brown
11
dark brown
1
gold
1
red
4
red-brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
2
void mensural
41
Monophonic Notation
absent
36
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
15
poor
1
very high
16
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
custodes
1
end symbol
3
none
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
11
signa congruentiae
21
signes-de-renvoi
27
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
Flemish
5
French
21
German
1
Italian
7
Latin
39
Spanish
3
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
38
fully texted with two or more texts
12
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
4
partially texted with one text
9
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
15
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
14
Type of Script
cursive
8
cursive (German)
2
cursive (bastarda)
23
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
1
display script
15
hybrida
5
roman
2
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
10
high
16
poor
3
very high
15
Colour of Text
black
30
blue
1
brown
10
dark brown
2
gold
1
red
18
red-brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
17
yes
27
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
19
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
4
occasionally
1
rarely
18
Borders Size
full and partial borders
2
full borders
7
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
6
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
4
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
4
normally
5
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
15
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
12
decorated with grotesque heads
4
historiated
3
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
17
occasionally
7
often
7
rarely
13
sometimes
7
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
14
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
decorated
5
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
4
historiated
1
plain initials
7
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
8
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
11
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
13
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
3
ornament
1
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 229 (olim Magliabechi XIX.59), 1492-1493, All folios
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