PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 3
• France 3
• Italy 14
• Spain 2

• Antwerp 1
• Belgium 1
• Bologna 1
• Bourges 1
• Bruges 1
• Brussels 1
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Catalonia 1
• Cognac 1
• Ferrara 2
• Florence 9
• France 4
• Italy 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 1
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Segovia 1
• Seville 1
• Siena 1
• Spain 1
• Toledo 1

• Manuscript 28

• choirbook 23
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbooks (complete set) 3

• paper 17
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 10

• oblong 5
• upright 23

• always 3
• never 3
• none visible 16
• normally 4
• often 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 2

• black 5
• brown 16
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• light brown 3
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double and single rastra 2
• double rastrum 1
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 21
• triple rastrum 6

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

• 1-part single page 9
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 8
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 10
• 3-part opening 24
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 10
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 21
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 10
• 5-part opening 8
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 1

• double 4
• none 15
• quintuple 1
• single 21

• empty ruled staves on grid 25
• none 6
• staves not ruled on grid 2

• no separate text 5
• not in dedicated space 28
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• Indentation for initials filled in 4
• made for complete additional staves 13
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 23
• notation extended into margin 18
• other 1
• partial additional staves 13
• staveline added 12
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 7
• brown 19
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 1

• chant (square) 3
• full mensural 3
• void mensural 27

• absent 23
• present 7

• fair 16
• high 9
• poor 2
• very high 4

• coronae 3
• end symbol 8
• pointers 6
• repeat signs 20
• signa congruentiae 17
• signes-de-renvoi 18
• space-filler 3

• Dutch 8
• Flemish 2
• French 23
• German 1
• Italian 13
• Latin 22
• Spanish 7
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 19
• fully texted with one text 23
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 5
• partially texted with one or two texts 7
• partially texted with one text 16
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 5
• provided with single incipit 25
• provided with two incipits 4
• untexted 20

• cursive 9
• cursive (bastarda) 10
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• cursive (italic) 4
• display script 2
• hybrida 4
• roman 1
• textura 2
• various 1

• fair 17
• high 9
• poor 4
• very high 3

• black 8
• blue 1
• brown 20
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 5
• yellow 1

• no 11
• yes 23

• always 1
• never 2
• rarely 5

• always 2
• never 2
• rarely 5

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

• always 3
• normally 2
• rarely 3
• sometimes 2

• decorated 6
• historiated 1
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 1
• normally 7
• occasionally 5
• often 6
• rarely 7
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 11
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 3
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 3
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 8

• always 1
• normally 7
• often 3
• rarely 7
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 1

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

• banner 1
• decorative final long 5
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 3