PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 4

• Florence 2
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 1
• Milan 1
• Padua 1

• Manuscript 4

• choirbook 3
• tablebook 1

• paper 3
• paper (with parchment) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 1
• upright 2

• never 1
• none visible 3
• rarely 1

• black 1
• brown 1
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 1

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 1
• triple rastrum 3

• 1 1
• 10 1
• 3 1
• 4 1
• 5 1
• 6 1
• 8 1

• 2-part opening 1
• 3-part opening 4
• 4-part opening 4
• 4-part single page 2
• 5-part opening 2
• 6-part opening 1

• none 3
• single 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 3
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 1

• no separate text 2
• not in dedicated space 2
• provided, in dedicated space 1

• made for complete additional staves 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 4
• notation extended into margin 2
• partial additional staves 2
• staveline added 2

• black 1
• brown 2
• dark brown 1
• gold 1

• full mensural 1
• void mensural 4

• absent 4

• fair 2
• high 1
• very high 1

• repeat signs 3
• signa congruentiae 2
• signes-de-renvoi 1

• Dutch 1
• French 2
• Italian 3
• Latin 2

• fully texted with one or two texts 3
• fully texted with one text 2
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 2
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 3
• untexted 3

• cursive 1
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 2
• roman 1

• fair 1
• high 2
• poor 1
• very high 1

• black 1
• brown 2
• dark brown 1
• gold 1

• no 3
• yes 2

• rarely 2

• rarely 2

• full borders 1
• partial borders: one-sided 1

• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• decorated 2

• always 2
• normally 1
• often 1

• calligraphic 2
• calligraphic with decoration 1
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 1
• decorated 1
• plain initials 1

• always 1
• normally 1
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 1