PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 7
• France 1
• Great Britain 2
• Italy 5

• Antwerp 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 5
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 4
• France 1
• London 2
• Mechelen 5
• Naples 1
• Rome 1
• Spain 1
• Windsor 1

• Manuscript 19

• choirbook 17
• partbook (single) 2

• paper 8
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 8
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 3
• upright 16

• always 3
• never 3
• none visible 9
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1

• black 9
• brown 8
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 14
• straightedge 4
• triple rastrum 2

• 1 3
• 10 11
• 11 6
• 2 2
• 3 4
• 4 5
• 5 10
• 6 13
• 7 12
• 8 12
• 9 11

• 1-part single page 6
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 7
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 17
• 3-part single page 2
• 4-part opening 16
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part opening 6
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 2

• double 8
• none 6
• quadruple 2
• quintuple 1
• single 17
• triple 6

• empty ruled staves on grid 19
• none 1
• staves not ruled on grid 9
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 11
• not in dedicated space 8
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• made for complete additional staves 11
• notation and staves extended into margin 15
• notation extended into margin 10
• other 1
• partial additional staves 8
• staveline added 6
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 12
• blue 1
• brown 8
• dark brown 1
• light brown 1
• red 3

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 3
• void mensural 18

• absent 16
• present 3

• fair 6
• high 7
• poor 1
• very high 7

• coronae 1
• end symbol 6
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 10
• signa congruentiae 15
• signes-de-renvoi 16
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 4
• English 2
• Flemish 1
• French 11
• German 1
• Italian 5
• Latin 15
• Spanish 2
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 5
• fully texted with one text 17
• fully texted with two or more texts 5
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 6
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 10
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 11

• cursive 3
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 12
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 8
• hybrida 2
• textura 2

• fair 6
• high 9
• poor 1
• very high 5

• black 12
• brown 5
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 13
• yellow 1

• no 10
• yes 12

• always 1
• never 1
• rarely 8

• never 1
• rarely 7

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 3
• partial borders: one-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 3

• always 1
• never 4
• normally 3
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• decorated 3
• flourished 1
• historiated 2
• plain initials 1
• trompe l'oeil 1

• always 1
• normally 10
• occasionally 6
• often 3
• rarely 7

• calligraphic 7
• calligraphic with decoration 4
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• plain initials 3

• normally 2
• rarely 19
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 2

• never 4
• normally 1
• occasionally 3
• often 2
• rarely 2

• decorative final long 3
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 1