PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 2
• France 1
• Italy 17
• Spain 4

• Belgium 1
• Bruges 1
• Catalonia 1
• Florence 10
• France 5
• Italy 2
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 1
• Milan 1
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Pisa 1
• Pordenone 1
• Rome 2
• Segovia 1
• Seville 1
• Spain 1
• Tarazona 2
• Toledo 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 32
• Printed work 1

• choirbook 20
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• tablebook 1

• paper 21
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 10
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 12
• upright 20

• always 3
• n/a 1
• never 3
• none visible 21
• normally 4
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 3
• brown 17
• dark brown 10
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1
• red-brown 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 5
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 21
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 8

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

• 1-part single page 14
• 2-part opening 8
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 11
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 23
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 11
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 21
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 14
• 5-part opening 8
• 5-part single page 1
• 8-part opening 1

• double 2
• none 17
• single 21
• triple 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 27
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 6
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 2

• no separate text 13
• not in dedicated space 21
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 10
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 25
• notation extended into margin 16
• other 2
• partial additional staves 12
• staveline added 13
• staves extended into margin 5

• black 7
• brown 20
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• light brown 3
• red-brown 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 5
• void mensural 31

• absent 30
• present 4

• fair 20
• high 10
• n/a 1
• poor 1
• very high 3

• coronae 3
• custodes 1
• end symbol 6
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 25
• signa congruentiae 18
• signes-de-renvoi 16
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 8
• Flemish 1
• French 23
• German 1
• Italian 22
• Latin 27
• Spanish 9
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 33
• fully texted with one text 21
• fully texted with two texts 5
• partially texted with one or two texts 8
• partially texted with one text 20
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 8
• provided with single incipit 22
• provided with two incipits 4
• untexted 20

• antiqua 1
• cursive 8
• cursive (bastarda) 9
• cursive (humanistic) 6
• cursive (italic) 6
• display script 2
• hybrida 6
• roman 2
• textura 2

• fair 17
• high 13
• n/a 1
• poor 5
• very high 3

• black 9
• blue 1
• brown 20
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 4
• red-brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 9
• yes 31

• never 2
• rarely 6

• always 2
• never 2
• rarely 6

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

• always 3
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• decorated 8
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 4
• normally 13
• occasionally 2
• often 4
• rarely 3
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 14
• calligraphic with decoration 7
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 3
• plain initials 7

• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 4
• rarely 5
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 2

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

• banner 1
• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 3
• ornament 1