PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 12
• France 1
• Germany 2
• Great Britain 4
• Italy 25
• Netherlands 1
• Spain 4
• Switzerland 2

• Basel 2
• Belgium 1
• Bologna 1
• Bourges 1
• Bruges 1
• Brussels 8
• Casale Monferrato 1
• England 1
• Eton 1
• Ferrara 7
• Flanders 1
• Florence 11
• France 3
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 2
• London 2
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 10
• Modena 1
• Munich 2
• Naples 2
• Netherlands 1
• Rheinfelden 2
• Rome 2
• Segovia 1
• Seville 2
• Spain 2
• Toledo 1
• Utrecht 1
• Verona 1
• Vic 1

• Manuscript 62

• chansonnier 2
• choirbook 50
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1
• poetry collection with some notated music 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 32
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 25
• parchment (with paper) 2
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 8
• upright 53

• always 18
• never 6
• none visible 26
• normally 6
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 4

• black 31
• brown 24
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 2
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 6
• freehand 6
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 51
• straightedge 7
• triple rastrum 7

• 1 4
• 10 28
• 11 17
• 12 7
• 13 2
• 14 1
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 9
• 3 7
• 4 11
• 5 15
• 6 30
• 7 21
• 8 28
• 9 27

• 1-part single page 19
• 12-part opening 1
• 2-part consecutive 3
• 2-part opening 24
• 2-part score 2
• 2-part single page 18
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 49
• 3-part score 3
• 3-part single page 18
• 4-part consecutive 2
• 4-part opening 51
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 17
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 29
• 5-part single page 3
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 13
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 3
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• all staves indented 1
• double 16
• none 28
• quadruple 3
• quintuple 1
• single 38
• triple 12

• empty ruled staves on grid 55
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 3
• none 6
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 16
• variable space, not on grid 3

• no separate text 35
• not in dedicated space 24
• provided, in dedicated space 13

• Indentation for initials filled in 6
• made for complete additional staves 26
• notation and staves extended into margin 62
• notation extended into margin 40
• other 2
• partial additional staves 28
• staveline added 18
• staves extended into margin 5

• black 38
• blue 1
• brown 25
• dark brown 7
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 4

• German hufnagel 1
• chant (square) 5
• full mensural 5
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 61

• absent 49
• present 15

• fair 20
• high 26
• poor 5
• very high 14

• coronae 8
• custodes 1
• end symbol 16
• pointers 6
• repeat signs 26
• signa congruentiae 35
• signes-de-renvoi 43
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 10
• English 3
• Flemish 3
• French 31
• German 2
• Italian 16
• Latin 56
• Spanish 7
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 3
• fully texted with one or two texts 19
• fully texted with one text 53
• fully texted with two or more texts 11
• fully texted with two texts 5
• partially texted with one or two texts 7
• partially texted with one text 22
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 12
• provided with single incipit 31
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 31

• cursive 15
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (bastarda) 20
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 6
• display script 17
• humanistic 2
• hybrida 7
• roman 2
• rotonda 1
• textura 11

• fair 22
• high 25
• poor 8
• very high 13

• black 38
• blue 3
• brown 25
• dark brown 8
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 25
• yellow 1

• no 31
• yes 35

• never 6
• rarely 19

• never 6
• rarely 23

• full borders 6
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: one-sided 7
• partial borders: three-sided 2
• partial borders: two-sided 10

• always 2
• never 4
• normally 5
• occasionally 3
• often 6
• rarely 14
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 16
• decorated with grotesque heads 5
• flourished 5
• historiated 2
• plain initials 3
• zoomorphic initial 5

• always 2
• normally 27
• occasionally 10
• often 8
• rarely 12
• sometimes 5

• calligraphic 33
• calligraphic with decoration 11
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 13
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 10
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 7

• never 7
• normally 6
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 18
• sometimes 5

• Guide letters only 3

• always 1
• never 12
• normally 3
• occasionally 4
• often 7
• rarely 6
• sometimes 2

• Voice-names 2
• banner 3
• decorative final long 7
• embellished final barline 3
• end-symbol 6
• littera notabilior 5
• signes-de-renvoi 1