PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• France 1
• Great Britain 2
• Italy 14
• Spain 1

• Casale Monferrato 1
• Catalonia 1
• Cognac 1
• England 1
• Eton 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 7
• France 2
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 1
• Modena 1
• Naples 1
• Rome 1
• Segovia 1
• Siena 1
• Spain 1
• Toledo 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 24

• choirbook 22
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1

• paper 11
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 10
• parchment and paper (mixed) 2

• oblong 2
• upright 22

• always 3
• never 1
• none visible 14
• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 4
• brown 15
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 3

• double and single rastra 2
• double rastrum 2
• freehand 4
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 16
• straightedge 3
• triple rastrum 4

• 1 1
• 10 7
• 11 6
• 12 1
• 13 1
• 14 1
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 1
• 3 1
• 4 2
• 5 2
• 6 9
• 7 6
• 8 10
• 9 8

• 1-part single page 6
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 12
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 14
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 22
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 12
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 22
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 11
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 9
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 4
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 2
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1

• all staves indented 1
• double 1
• none 13
• single 14

• empty ruled staves on grid 23
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled on grid 3

• no separate text 5
• not in dedicated space 24
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 14
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 20
• notation extended into margin 16
• other 2
• partial additional staves 12
• staveline added 10
• staves extended into margin 5

• black 8
• brown 13
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• light brown 3
• red 3

• chant (square) 4
• full mensural 4
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 23

• absent 16
• present 10

• fair 16
• high 8
• poor 1
• very high 1

• coronae 2
• end symbol 8
• pointers 7
• repeat signs 12
• signa congruentiae 12
• signes-de-renvoi 16
• space-filler 3

• Dutch 3
• English 1
• Flemish 1
• French 12
• Italian 9
• Latin 17
• Spanish 7
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 13
• fully texted with one text 18
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 14
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 17
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 17

• cursive 7
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 4
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 2
• hybrida 3
• roman 1
• rotonda 1
• textura 5
• various 1

• fair 16
• high 7
• poor 4
• very high 1

• black 9
• blue 2
• brown 13
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• light brown 3
• red 8

• no 14
• yes 16

• never 3
• rarely 2

• always 1
• never 3
• rarely 4

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

• always 2
• normally 1
• often 2
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• decorated 6
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• plain initials 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 1
• normally 6
• occasionally 4
• often 2
• rarely 7
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 13
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 7
• littera notabilior 2
• plain initials 5

• always 1
• normally 5
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

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

• banner 1
• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 6
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 3