PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 1
• Czech Republic 2
• France 1
• Germany 7
• Great Britain 4
• Italy 7
• Netherlands 1
• Portugal 1
• Silesia 3
• Switzerland 2

• Basel 1
• Bruges 1
• Catalonia 1
• Coimbra 1
• Emmerich 1
• England 1
• Florence 1
• France 3
• Germany 1
• Germany (South) 3
• Glarus, Switzerland 1
• Hradec Králové 2
• Italy (North) 2
• Köln 1
• London 2
• Mantua 2
• Naples 2
• Padua 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 3
• St Gall 1
• Stirling 1
• Switzerland 1
• Utrecht 1
• Verona 1
• Windsor 1
• Wittenberg 4
• Zagan 3

• Manuscript 35

• choirbook 24
• choirbook (fragment) 1
• monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 3
• partbooks (complete set) 3
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1
• poetry collection with some notated music 2

• paper 23
• paper (with parchment) 3
• parchment 7
• parchment and paper (mixed) 2

• oblong 6
• upright 29

• always 8
• never 9
• none visible 14
• normally 5
• sometimes 1

• black 12
• brown 16
• dark brown 4
• light brown 3
• n/a 1
• red 4

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 5
• single rastrum 25
• straightedge 9
• triple rastrum 1

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

• 1-part single page 11
• 10-part opening 1
• 19-part opening 1
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 10
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 4
• 3-part consecutive 4
• 3-part opening 16
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 6
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 23
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 5
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 3
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 4
• none 19
• single 20
• varies 2

• empty ruled staves on grid 24
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 4
• staves not ruled on grid 5
• variable space, not on grid 6

• no separate text 20
• not in dedicated space 11
• provided, in dedicated space 7

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 15
• none 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 23
• notation extended into margin 11
• other 2
• partial additional staves 14
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 25
• blue 1
• brown 14
• dark brown 3
• light brown 2
• red 3

• German hufnagel 4
• chant (Central European) 1
• chant (Gothic) 1
• chant (square) 3
• full mensural 6
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 32

• absent 25
• present 13

• fair 28
• high 9
• poor 4

• coronae 3
• end symbol 7
• numbers to indicate note lengths 1
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 7
• signa congruentiae 15
• signes-de-renvoi 14
• space-filler 1

• Czech 5
• Dutch 3
• English 3
• French 12
• German 7
• Italian 5
• Latin 32
• Spanish 2
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 9
• fully texted with one text 29
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 9
• partially texted with two or more texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 14
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 18

• cursive 10
• cursive (Anglicana) 3
• cursive (German) 6
• cursive (bastarda) 3
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• cursive (italic) 2
• display script 6
• hybrida 1
• textura 10
• various 1

• fair 35
• high 10
• poor 2

• black 25
• blue 3
• brown 17
• dark brown 5
• light brown 2
• red 17
• yellow 1

• no 23
• yes 16

• never 6
• rarely 4

• always 1
• never 4
• rarely 4

• partial borders: one- and two-sided 2
• partial borders: one-sided 2
• partial borders: two-sided 1

• always 4
• never 3
• normally 2
• rarely 6
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 7
• flourished 4
• historiated 1
• plain initials 5
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 5
• never 1
• normally 11
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 6
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 18
• calligraphic with decoration 8
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 7
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 8
• plain initials 9

• always 2
• normally 3
• occasionally 3
• often 6
• rarely 6
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 1

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

• banner 1
• decorated letters 3
• decorative final long 8
• end-symbol 6
• littera notabilior 5
• ornament 1