PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 18
• France 1
• Italy 16
• Spain 4

• Antwerp 1
• Belgium 1
• Brussels 11
• Catalonia 1
• Ferrara 4
• Florence 4
• France 4
• Italy (North) 2
• Lyons 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 17
• Naples 4
• Netherlands 1
• Pordenone 1
• Rome 3
• Segovia 1
• Seville 1
• Tarazona 1
• Toledo 1
• Venice 1
• Zaragoza 1

• Manuscript 50
• Printed work 1

• choirbook 45
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 2
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 2

• paper 16
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 31
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 2
• upright 49

• always 18
• n/a 1
• never 5
• none visible 17
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 6
• sometimes 3

• black 30
• brown 12
• dark brown 5
• light brown 2
• red 3
• red-brown 1
• reddish brown 2

• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 47
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 2

• 1 3
• 10 26
• 11 16
• 12 6
• 13 1
• 2 5
• 3 2
• 4 3
• 5 10
• 6 17
• 7 23
• 8 28
• 9 32

• 1-part single page 10
• 2-part consecutive 3
• 2-part opening 20
• 2-part single page 14
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 41
• 3-part single page 13
• 4-part opening 47
• 4-part single page 13
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 27
• 5-part single page 3
• 6-part opening 8
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 2

• double 25
• none 20
• quadruple 3
• single 36
• triple 17

• empty ruled staves on grid 49
• none 4
• staves not ruled 3
• staves not ruled on grid 19
• variable space, not on grid 4

• no separate text 33
• not in dedicated space 18
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 18
• notation and staves extended into margin 36
• notation extended into margin 25
• other 2
• partial additional staves 19
• staveline added 8
• staves extended into margin 7

• black 40
• brown 11
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 4
• red-brown 1

• chant (square) 6
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 51

• absent 38
• present 16

• fair 13
• high 16
• n/a 1
• poor 1
• very high 22

• coronae 7
• custodes 1
• end symbol 12
• pointers 6
• repeat signs 16
• signa congruentiae 29
• signes-de-renvoi 51
• space-filler 3

• Dutch 6
• Flemish 6
• French 24
• German 1
• Italian 11
• Latin 47
• Spanish 8
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 2
• fully texted with one or two texts 13
• fully texted with one text 44
• fully texted with two or more texts 15
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 11
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 6
• provided with single incipit 20
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 22

• cursive 8
• cursive (bastarda) 27
• cursive (humanistic) 6
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 21
• humanistic 3
• hybrida 4
• roman 1
• rotonda 2
• textura 6

• fair 18
• high 16
• n/a 1
• poor 2
• very high 20

• black 39
• blue 1
• brown 12
• dark brown 5
• light brown 1
• red 24
• red-brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 24
• yes 32

• always 1
• never 4
• normally 1
• rarely 23

• never 6
• occasionally 2
• rarely 23

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 6
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 3
• partial borders: one-sided 4
• partial borders: three-sided 2
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 7

• always 1
• never 2
• normally 3
• occasionally 3
• often 4
• rarely 20
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 1
• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 10
• decorated with grotesque heads 4
• flourished 4
• historiated 2
• plain initials 1
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 3

• always 4
• normally 30
• occasionally 10
• often 6
• rarely 11
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 22
• calligraphic with decoration 11
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 11
• decorated 4
• decorated with grotesque heads 3
• flourished 11
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 2
• plain initials 5

• always 1
• never 13
• normally 2
• occasionally 3
• often 4
• rarely 12
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 1

• always 1
• never 17
• normally 4
• occasionally 5
• often 5
• rarely 5
• sometimes 4

• Voice-names 1
• banner 3
• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 8
• diagrams 1
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 3
• signa congruentiae 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1
• vignette 1