PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Austria 3
• Belgium 18
• France 2
• Germany 8
• Great Britain 6
• Italy 29
• Netherlands 1
• Spain 5
• Switzerland 2

• Antwerp 1
• Augsburg 3
• Barcelona 1
• Basel 2
• Belgium 1
• Bologna 1
• Bourges 1
• Bruges 1
• Brussels 13
• Casale Monferrato 1
• England 1
• Eton 1
• Ferrara 7
• Flanders 1
• Florence 12
• France 6
• Italy 2
• Italy (North) 2
• London 4
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 15
• Modena 3
• Munich 8
• Naples 2
• Netherlands 1
• Paris 1
• Pordenone 1
• Rheinfelden 2
• Rome 2
• Segovia 1
• Seville 2
• Spain 2
• Toledo 1
• Utrecht 1
• Verona 1
• Vic 1
• Vienna 3

• Manuscript 86

• chansonnier 2
• choirbook 69
• monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 2
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 3
• partbooks (incomplete set) 2
• poetry collection with some notated music 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 45
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 35
• parchment (with paper) 2
• parchment and paper (mixed) 2

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 12
• upright 73

• always 20
• never 9
• none visible 37
• normally 8
• occasionally 1
• often 6
• rarely 3
• sometimes 6

• black 46
• brown 28
• dark brown 8
• gold 1
• light brown 3
• red 4
• red-brown 1
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 9
• freehand 6
• printed staves 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 71
• straightedge 7
• triple rastrum 7

• 1 5
• 10 38
• 11 21
• 12 9
• 13 2
• 14 1
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 13
• 3 16
• 4 23
• 5 26
• 6 44
• 7 33
• 8 43
• 9 37

• 1-part single page 23
• 12-part opening 1
• 2-part consecutive 4
• 2-part opening 34
• 2-part score 2
• 2-part single page 21
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 66
• 3-part score 3
• 3-part single page 19
• 4-part consecutive 2
• 4-part opening 70
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 18
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 42
• 5-part single page 4
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 19
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 5
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• all staves indented 1
• double 32
• none 40
• quadruple 4
• quintuple 1
• single 55
• triple 17

• empty ruled staves on grid 70
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 3
• none 8
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 26
• variable space, not on grid 12

• no separate text 53
• not in dedicated space 29
• provided, in dedicated space 17

• Indentation for initials filled in 6
• made for complete additional staves 29
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 63
• notation extended into margin 45
• other 2
• partial additional staves 33
• staveline added 20
• staves extended into margin 8

• black 54
• blue 2
• brown 29
• dark brown 9
• gold 2
• light brown 3
• red 5
• red-brown 1

• German hufnagel 1
• chant (square) 5
• full mensural 5
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 85

• absent 69
• present 19

• fair 28
• high 39
• poor 5
• very high 18

• coronae 10
• cue notes 2
• custodes 1
• end symbol 19
• pointers 6
• repeat signs 32
• signa congruentiae 41
• signes-de-renvoi 55
• space-filler 3

• Dutch 11
• English 3
• Flemish 4
• French 37
• German 2
• Italian 19
• Latin 76
• Spanish 7
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 3
• fully texted with one or two texts 23
• fully texted with one text 75
• fully texted with two or more texts 14
• fully texted with two texts 8
• partially texted with one or two texts 10
• partially texted with one text 26
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 12
• provided with single incipit 36
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 36

• cursive 18
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (bastarda) 30
• cursive (humanistic) 5
• cursive (italic) 7
• display script 26
• humanistic 2
• hybrida 8
• roman 2
• rotonda 1
• textura 19

• fair 28
• high 36
• poor 10
• very high 19

• black 53
• blue 3
• brown 32
• dark brown 9
• gold 1
• light brown 3
• red 35
• red-brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 42
• yes 50

• always 1
• never 7
• rarely 25

• always 2
• never 7
• occasionally 1
• rarely 29

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 10
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 3
• partial borders: one-sided 8
• partial borders: three-sided 2
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 10

• always 4
• never 5
• normally 6
• occasionally 5
• often 7
• rarely 19
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 1
• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 21
• decorated with grotesque heads 8
• flourished 6
• historiated 4
• plain initials 3
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 5

• always 4
• normally 36
• occasionally 13
• often 12
• rarely 18
• sometimes 9

• calligraphic 46
• calligraphic with decoration 14
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 14
• decorated 5
• decorated with grotesque heads 3
• flourished 15
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 11

• never 7
• normally 9
• occasionally 3
• often 4
• rarely 22
• sometimes 7

• Guide letters only 3

• always 1
• never 14
• normally 4
• occasionally 7
• often 9
• rarely 7
• sometimes 3

• Voice-names 4
• banner 3
• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 10
• embellished final barline 4
• end-symbol 7
• littera notabilior 5
• signes-de-renvoi 1