PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Austria 7
• Belgium 7
• France 2
• Germany 12
• Great Britain 3
• Italy 1
• Portugal 1
• Spain 1

• Augsburg 3
• Bologna 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 5
• Cognac 1
• Coimbra 1
• England 1
• Ferrara 1
• France 4
• Leipzig 1
• London 2
• Mechelen 7
• Munich 11
• Netherlands 1
• Savoy, France 1
• Seville 1
• Vienna 7
• Windsor 1

• Manuscript 36

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 33
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1

• paper 16
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 16
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 2

• upright 36

• always 5
• never 4
• none visible 12
• normally 5
• occasionally 2
• often 4
• rarely 1
• sometimes 5

• black 26
• brown 8
• dark brown 1
• light brown 3
• red 2

• freehand 1
• single rastrum 33
• straightedge 4

• 1 1
• 10 16
• 11 9
• 12 4
• 13 1
• 14 1
• 2 13
• 3 12
• 4 17
• 5 20
• 6 23
• 7 25
• 8 36
• 9 21

• 1-part single page 10
• 12-part opening 1
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 20
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 30
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 31
• 4-part single page 6
• 5-part opening 22
• 5-part single page 2
• 6-part opening 10
• 8-part opening 2
• n/a 1

• double 19
• none 12
• quadruple 1
• quintuple 1
• single 34
• triple 9

• empty ruled staves on grid 22
• left below voice parts as part of grid 2
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 3
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 15
• variable space, not on grid 12

• no separate text 26
• not in dedicated space 7
• provided, in dedicated space 9

• made for complete additional staves 13
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 16
• notation extended into margin 9
• other 1
• partial additional staves 14
• staveline added 4
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 28
• brown 7
• dark brown 2
• light brown 2
• red 3

• chant (Gothic) 1
• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 3
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 35

• absent 26
• present 12

• fair 10
• high 19
• poor 2
• very high 9

• coronae 3
• end symbol 6
• none 1
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 8
• signa congruentiae 17
• signes-de-renvoi 18
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 1
• English 3
• Flemish 2
• French 13
• German 2
• Italian 1
• Latin 30
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 5
• fully texted with one text 35
• fully texted with two or more texts 9
• fully texted with two texts 7
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 5
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 10
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 12
• varies 1

• cursive 4
• cursive (Anglicana) 3
• cursive (bastarda) 16
• display script 19
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 1
• rotonda 1
• textura 12
• various 1

• fair 10
• high 21
• poor 1
• very high 10

• black 29
• blue 2
• brown 6
• dark brown 2
• light brown 2
• red 21

• no 19
• yes 20

• never 2
• rarely 9

• always 1
• never 3
• often 1
• rarely 13

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 8
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: one-sided 4
• partial borders: two-sided 3

• always 2
• never 1
• normally 4
• occasionally 3
• often 3
• rarely 10
• sometimes 1

• decorated 12
• decorated with grotesque heads 3
• flourished 4
• historiated 2
• plain initials 3
• zoomorphic initial 1

• normally 8
• occasionally 4
• often 2
• rarely 8
• sometimes 5

• calligraphic 14
• calligraphic with decoration 2
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 3
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 4
• plain initials 4

• always 1
• never 3
• normally 4
• occasionally 3
• often 2
• rarely 10
• sometimes 2

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

• Voice-names 2
• banner 2
• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 1