PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 6
• Italy 6
• Italy (North) 1

• Brussels 5
• Florence 4
• France 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 6
• Staffarda 1
• Turin 1

• Manuscript 14

• choirbook 13
• tablebook 1

• paper 5
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 8

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

• always 3
• never 1
• none visible 8
• often 3
• rarely 1

• black 8
• brown 5
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 2
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 12
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 4

• 1 1
• 10 8
• 11 4
• 12 1
• 13 1
• 2 2
• 3 2
• 4 2
• 5 4
• 6 7
• 7 6
• 8 9
• 9 8

• 1-part single page 6
• 2-part opening 7
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part opening 13
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part opening 14
• 4-part single page 7
• 5-part opening 10
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 4
• 7-part opening 1

• double 7
• none 4
• quadruple 1
• single 10
• triple 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 14
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 6
• variable space, not on grid 3

• no separate text 11
• not in dedicated space 4
• provided, in dedicated space 3

• made for complete additional staves 5
• notation and staves extended into margin 10
• notation extended into margin 7
• partial additional staves 6
• staveline added 1

• black 7
• brown 6
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• red 3

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 13

• absent 11
• present 4

• fair 4
• high 2
• very high 8

• end symbol 1
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 6
• signa congruentiae 10
• signes-de-renvoi 11
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 2
• Flemish 2
• French 8
• Italian 5
• Latin 12
• Spanish 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 5
• fully texted with one text 12
• fully texted with two or more texts 6
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 4
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 6
• untexted 7

• cursive 2
• cursive (bastarda) 7
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 3
• display script 6
• hybrida 1
• roman 1
• textura 2

• fair 4
• high 5
• poor 1
• very high 7

• black 8
• blue 1
• brown 5
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• red 8

• no 5
• yes 11

• rarely 9

• never 2
• occasionally 1
• rarely 6

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 5

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

• decorated 2
• plain initials 1

• normally 11
• occasionally 4
• often 2
• rarely 3

• calligraphic 4
• calligraphic with decoration 2
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 2
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 2

• never 4
• normally 2
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 1

• never 5
• normally 1
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• rarely 1

• decorative final long 1
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 1