PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 35

• Bologna 1
• Casale Monferrato 3
• Ferrara 3
• Florence 17
• Fossombrone 1
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 2
• Milan 2
• Modena 1
• Naples 1
• Padua 1
• Pisa 1
• Rome 2
• Siena 2
• Venice 1
• Verona 1

• Manuscript 34
• Printed work 1

• choirbook 24
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 25
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 7
• parchment (with paper) 1

• oblong 12
• upright 23

• always 8
• n/a 1
• never 3
• none visible 22
• normally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 6
• brown 22
• dark brown 7
• gold 2
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double and single rastra 2
• double rastrum 4
• freehand 3
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 20
• straightedge 3
• triple rastrum 11

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

• 1-part single page 10
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 11
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 9
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 20
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 7
• 4-part consecutive 2
• 4-part opening 24
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 8
• 5-part opening 9
• 6-part opening 2
• n/a 2

• double 3
• none 22
• single 14

• empty ruled staves on grid 25
• none 8
• staves not ruled on grid 2

• no separate text 23
• not in dedicated space 14
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 9
• notation and staves extended into margin 27
• notation extended into margin 17
• partial additional staves 12
• staveline added 7
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 16
• brown 20
• dark brown 2
• gold 2
• light brown 1
• red 2

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 4
• void mensural 33

• absent 32
• present 5

• fair 19
• high 12
• n/a 1
• very high 3

• coronae 3
• end symbol 5
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 16
• signa congruentiae 15
• signes-de-renvoi 12
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 5
• Flemish 1
• French 17
• German 1
• Italian 17
• Latin 30
• Spanish 5

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 15
• fully texted with one text 25
• fully texted with two or more texts 1
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 10
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 21
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 16

• antiqua 1
• cursive 7
• cursive (bastarda) 4
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 9
• display script 1
• hybrida 3
• roman 3
• textura 9
• various 1

• fair 21
• high 14
• n/a 1
• very high 2

• black 12
• blue 2
• brown 21
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• grey 1
• red 7
• yellow 1

• no 19
• yes 20

• often 1
• rarely 3

• rarely 4

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

• normally 4
• rarely 3
• sometimes 1

• decorated 5
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• plain initials 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 2
• normally 13
• occasionally 5
• often 4
• rarely 4
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 13
• calligraphic with decoration 4
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 1
• flourished 8
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 3
• plain initials 7

• always 2
• normally 7
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 5
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 2

• always 2
• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 4
• rarely 5
• sometimes 3

• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 9
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 2
• ornament 1
• signa congruentiae 1