PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 10
• France 3
• Germany 4
• Great Britain 2
• Italy 24
• Netherlands 1
• Spain 2
• Switzerland 3

• Basel 3
• Bologna 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 7
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Catalonia 1
• Ferrara 2
• Florence 13
• France 3
• Germany (South) 3
• Girona 1
• Glarus, Switzerland 1
• Halberstadt 1
• Italy 2
• Italy (North) 1
• Leipzig 1
• London 2
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 10
• Milan 3
• Naples 1
• Paris 2
• Rheinfelden 2
• Rome 3
• Seville 1
• Spain 2
• Torgau 1
• Utrecht 1
• Venice 1
• Verona 1

• Manuscript 56

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 42
• choirbook (single quire(s)) 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 3
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1
• poetry collection with some notated music 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 32
• paper (with parchment) 5
• parchment 17
• parchment (with paper) 2

• oblong 11
• upright 45

• always 17
• never 8
• none visible 29
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• black 24
• brown 27
• dark brown 7
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 1

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 8
• freehand 6
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 40
• straightedge 5
• triple rastrum 9

• 1 3
• 10 25
• 11 10
• 12 7
• 13 3
• 2 9
• 3 9
• 4 9
• 5 10
• 6 24
• 7 15
• 8 20
• 9 18

• 1-part single page 20
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 15
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 11
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 36
• 3-part single page 13
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 44
• 4-part single page 13
• 5-part opening 23
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 5
• 7-part opening 1
• n/a 3

• double 14
• none 26
• quadruple 2
• quintuple 1
• single 35
• triple 10
• varies 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 43
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 10
• staves not ruled 2
• staves not ruled on grid 15
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 34
• not in dedicated space 19
• provided, in dedicated space 14

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 20
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 56
• notation extended into margin 30
• other 3
• partial additional staves 22
• staveline added 13
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 34
• blue 1
• brown 27
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 4
• reddish brown 1

• German hufnagel 1
• chant (square) 6
• full mensural 5
• void mensural 55

• absent 50
• present 11

• fair 24
• high 19
• poor 7
• very high 11

• coronae 4
• end symbol 8
• none 1
• pointers 6
• repeat signs 24
• signa congruentiae 30
• signes-de-renvoi 33
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 8
• English 2
• Flemish 2
• French 29
• German 4
• Italian 18
• Latin 51
• Spanish 6
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 2
• fully texted with one or two texts 20
• fully texted with one text 47
• fully texted with two or more texts 9
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 7
• partially texted with one text 22
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 9
• provided with single incipit 31
• provided with two incipits 4
• untexted 28
• varies 1

• cursive 15
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (German) 2
• cursive (Italianate) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 16
• cursive (humanistic) 5
• cursive (italic) 6
• display script 12
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 6
• roman 2
• rotonda 1
• textura 7
• various 1

• fair 23
• high 21
• poor 6
• very high 10

• black 31
• blue 3
• brown 26
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 23
• reddish brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 26
• yes 36

• never 5
• rarely 15

• always 1
• never 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 14

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 5
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: one-sided 4
• partial borders: three-sided 2
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 4

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

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 10
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• plain initials 2
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 3
• never 1
• normally 24
• occasionally 7
• often 6
• rarely 8
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 22
• calligraphic with decoration 9
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 9
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 3
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 7

• always 2
• never 7
• normally 7
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 15
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 2

• always 1
• never 9
• normally 2
• occasionally 4
• often 4
• rarely 5
• sometimes 1

• decorative final long 9
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 4
• littera notabilior 4