PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 16
• France 2
• Germany 1
• Italy 3
• Switzerland 1

• Basel 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 11
• Ferrara 1
• Flanders 1
• Florence 2
• France 3
• Germany (South) 1
• Mechelen 15
• Paris 1
• Wittenberg 1

• Manuscript 30

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 27
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 1

• paper 2
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 25
• parchment (with paper) 1

• oblong 3
• upright 27

• always 16
• never 1
• none visible 7
• normally 2
• often 4
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• black 24
• brown 7
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1

• double rastrum 2
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 28
• triple rastrum 1

• 1 2
• 10 21
• 11 10
• 12 4
• 13 1
• 2 4
• 3 2
• 4 4
• 5 10
• 6 14
• 7 16
• 8 22
• 9 22

• 1-part single page 9
• 2-part opening 10
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part opening 22
• 3-part single page 2
• 4-part opening 27
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part opening 19
• 5-part single page 2
• 6-part opening 6
• 7-part opening 1

• double 22
• none 6
• quadruple 5
• quintuple 1
• single 24
• triple 15

• empty ruled staves on grid 29
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 3
• staves not ruled 3
• staves not ruled on grid 17
• variable space, not on grid 4

• no separate text 26
• not in dedicated space 5
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• made for complete additional staves 9
• notation and staves extended into margin 22
• notation extended into margin 8
• partial additional staves 10
• staveline added 4

• black 25
• brown 6
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 4

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 30

• absent 27
• present 5

• fair 2
• high 9
• poor 2
• very high 20

• coronae 1
• custodes 1
• end symbol 1
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 11
• signa congruentiae 20
• signes-de-renvoi 24
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 4
• Flemish 4
• French 16
• German 1
• Italian 4
• Latin 27
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 6
• fully texted with one text 30
• fully texted with two or more texts 13
• fully texted with two texts 5
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 4
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 8
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 8

• cursive 1
• cursive (bastarda) 25
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• display script 20
• hybrida 1
• roman 1
• textura 3

• fair 3
• high 13
• poor 1
• very high 17

• black 26
• blue 1
• brown 3
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 21

• no 11
• yes 22

• never 1
• rarely 30

• always 1
• never 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 21

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 7
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 2
• partial borders: one-sided 4
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 2
• partial borders: two-sided 5

• always 2
• never 4
• normally 4
• occasionally 2
• often 1
• rarely 20
• sometimes 1

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

• never 1
• normally 21
• occasionally 7
• often 2
• rarely 7

• calligraphic 9
• calligraphic with decoration 2
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 2
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 3
• plain initials 2

• never 12
• normally 1
• often 1
• rarely 8
• sometimes 3

• never 15
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1

• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 1