PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 6
• France 1
• Great Britain 3
• Italy 6
• Spain 1

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

• Manuscript 22

• choirbook 19
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2

• paper 9
• parchment 10
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 2

• oblong 3
• upright 19

• always 3
• never 3
• none visible 11
• normally 3
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 10
• brown 9
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 1

• double rastrum 2
• freehand 2
• single rastrum 14
• straightedge 7
• triple rastrum 2

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

• 1-part single page 7
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 8
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 7
• 3-part consecutive 3
• 3-part opening 18
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part opening 18
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 8
• 5-part single page 2
• 6-part opening 5

• double 9
• none 8
• quadruple 2
• quintuple 1
• single 18
• triple 6

• empty ruled staves on grid 21
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 3
• staves not ruled on grid 10
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 12
• not in dedicated space 9
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 12
• notation and staves extended into margin 17
• notation extended into margin 12
• other 1
• partial additional staves 11
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 15
• blue 1
• brown 8
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 4

• chant (square) 3
• full mensural 3
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 21

• absent 18
• present 4

• fair 6
• high 8
• poor 1
• very high 9

• coronae 4
• end symbol 9
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 11
• signa congruentiae 16
• signes-de-renvoi 18
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 4
• English 3
• Flemish 1
• French 10
• German 1
• Italian 5
• Latin 18
• Spanish 2
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 6
• fully texted with one text 20
• 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 7
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 10
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 14

• cursive 3
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (bastarda) 12
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 7
• hybrida 2
• textura 3

• fair 7
• high 9
• poor 1
• very high 7

• black 14
• brown 5
• dark brown 5
• light brown 1
• red 14
• yellow 1

• no 13
• yes 12

• always 1
• never 3
• rarely 8

• never 3
• rarely 8

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 4
• partial borders: one-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 3

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

• decorated 5
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 2
• historiated 3
• plain initials 2
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 1
• normally 9
• occasionally 6
• often 4
• rarely 9

• calligraphic 8
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 1
• flourished 2
• plain initials 4

• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 22
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 2

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

• banner 1
• decorative final long 4
• diagrams 1
• end-symbol 4
• littera notabilior 2