PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 14

• Bologna 2
• Florence 7
• Italy (North) 3
• Mantua 2
• Milan 1
• Modena 1
• Padua 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 13
• Printed work 1

• choirbook 12
• partbooks (complete set) 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 9
• paper (with parchment) 3
• parchment 2

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 8
• upright 5

• always 1
• n/a 1
• never 3
• none visible 9
• rarely 1

• black 3
• brown 4
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 5
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 8
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 6

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

• 1-part single page 3
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 3
• 3-part opening 11
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 3
• 4-part opening 13
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 3
• 5-part opening 4
• 6-part opening 1

• none 11
• single 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 11
• left between voice parts as part of grid 4
• none 2

• no separate text 10
• not in dedicated space 5
• provided, in dedicated space 3

• made for complete additional staves 4
• notation and staves extended into margin 9
• notation extended into margin 5
• partial additional staves 5
• staveline added 4
• staves extended into margin 1

• black 6
• brown 6
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 14

• absent 12
• present 2

• fair 6
• high 6
• n/a 1
• very high 2

• coronae 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 6
• signa congruentiae 5
• signes-de-renvoi 4

• Dutch 2
• Flemish 2
• French 6
• Italian 9
• Latin 9
• Spanish 2

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 6
• fully texted with one text 10
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 7
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 9
• untexted 10

• antiqua 1
• cursive 2
• cursive (bastarda) 1
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 5
• roman 1
• rotonda 1
• textura 2

• fair 7
• high 5
• n/a 1
• poor 3
• very high 1

• black 5
• brown 7
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• no 10
• yes 5

• rarely 3

• rarely 3

• full borders 1
• partial borders: one-sided 2

• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• decorated 3

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

• calligraphic 6
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• decorated 1
• flourished 2
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 1

• always 2
• normally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 1

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

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 2
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 1
• signa congruentiae 1