PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 6
• Germany 1
• Great Britain 1
• Italy 18
• Italy (North) 1

• Brussels 4
• Casale Monferrato 2
• Ferrara 3
• Florence 8
• Germany (South) 1
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 1
• London 1
• Mechelen 6
• Milan 1
• Naples 2
• Rome 1
• Staffarda 1
• Turin 1
• Venice 1
• Verona 1
• Wittenberg 1

• Manuscript 31

• choirbook 23
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 18
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 11

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 6
• upright 24

• always 8
• never 3
• none visible 16
• occasionally 1
• often 3

• black 15
• brown 11
• dark brown 4
• light brown 1
• red 2
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 2
• printed staves 1
• single rastrum 24
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 7

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

• 1-part single page 14
• 2-part opening 13
• 2-part single page 3
• 3-part opening 21
• 3-part single page 8
• 4-part opening 22
• 4-part single page 7
• 5-part opening 10
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 4
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 11
• none 18
• quadruple 1
• single 12
• triple 6

• empty ruled staves on grid 26
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 4
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 8
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 21
• not in dedicated space 9
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 6
• notation and staves extended into margin 23
• notation extended into margin 13
• partial additional staves 12
• staveline added 3
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 18
• brown 13
• dark brown 1
• red 2

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 31

• absent 23
• present 9

• fair 12
• high 13
• very high 7

• coronae 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 8
• signa congruentiae 12
• signes-de-renvoi 17
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 1
• Flemish 2
• French 16
• Italian 8
• Latin 28
• Spanish 2

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 7
• fully texted with one text 20
• fully texted with two or more texts 7
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 4
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 13
• untexted 10

• cursive 3
• cursive (bastarda) 11
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 7
• display script 9
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 1
• roman 1
• textura 6

• fair 12
• high 13
• poor 2
• very high 8

• black 17
• blue 3
• brown 16
• dark brown 1
• red 12

• no 12
• yes 19

• never 1
• rarely 9

• never 2
• rarely 11

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

• never 2
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 8

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 3
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1

• always 1
• never 1
• normally 31
• occasionally 5
• rarely 4
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 14
• calligraphic with decoration 10
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 9
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 6
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 6

• never 3
• normally 1
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• rarely 6
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 1

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

• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 4
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 2
• signes-de-renvoi 1