PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Austria 1
• Belgium 1
• England 1
• Germany 2
• Italy 20

• Bologna 5
• Brussels 1
• Casale Monferrato 4
• Italy 3
• Italy (North) 1
• Leipzig 1
• Mechelen 1
• Milan 3
• Modena 6
• Munich 1
• Naples 1
• Northamptonshire 1
• Rome 1
• Siena 1
• Venice 1
• Vienna 1

• Manuscript 30

• choirbook 23
• choirbook (single quire(s)) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• printed book with interpolated polyphony 1
• printed treatise with added polyphony 1

• paper 30

• oblong 3
• upright 27

• always 4
• never 6
• none visible 17
• occasionally 1
• sometimes 2

• black 9
• brown 21
• dark brown 1
• light brown 1

• double and single rastra 2
• double rastrum 8
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 23
• straightedge 2

• 10 8
• 11 10
• 12 9
• 13 5
• 14 3
• 15 2
• 2 1
• 3 1
• 4 5
• 5 2
• 6 3
• 7 5
• 8 4
• 9 7

• 1-part single page 7
• 2-part opening 10
• 2-part single page 4
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 14
• 3-part single page 3
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 21
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part opening 14
• 6-part opening 7
• 7-part opening 1
• n/a 3

• double 3
• none 23
• single 7
• triple 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 25
• left below voice parts as part of grid 2
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 2
• staves not ruled on grid 2
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 27
• not in dedicated space 3
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 9
• notation and staves extended into margin 18
• notation extended into margin 6
• partial additional staves 10
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 14
• brown 14
• dark brown 2

• chant (square) 1
• void mensural 30

• absent 26
• present 6

• fair 17
• high 11
• poor 3

• cue notes 2
• none 3
• pointers 2
• signa congruentiae 5
• signes-de-renvoi 9
• space-filler 1

• French 6
• German 2
• Italian 2
• Latin 25
• Spanish 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 3
• fully texted with one text 25
• fully texted with two or more texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 5
• untexted 6
• varies 1

• antiqua 4
• cursive 2
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 3
• cursive (humanistic) 6
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 3
• hybrida 2
• textura 8
• various 1

• fair 16
• high 10
• poor 2

• black 11
• blue 1
• brown 18
• dark brown 1
• red 4

• no 19
• yes 11

• never 2
• rarely 1

• never 2
• rarely 1

• partial borders: one-sided 1

• never 1
• rarely 1

• always 4
• normally 7
• occasionally 3
• often 6
• rarely 3
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 15
• calligraphic with decoration 7
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 8
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 7
• littera notabilior 2
• plain initials 4

• always 2
• normally 2
• occasionally 3
• often 2
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• always 2
• never 1
• normally 3
• occasionally 2
• often 5
• rarely 3
• sometimes 4

• Voice-names 1
• decorated letters 5
• decorative final long 7
• embellished final barline 4
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 3