PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 15

• Ferrara 1
• Florence 15

• Manuscript 15

• choirbook 9
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• tablebook 1

• paper 10
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 2
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 8
• upright 6

• always 2
• never 1
• none visible 11
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 2
• brown 8
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 2
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 7
• triple rastrum 9

• 1 1
• 10 2
• 3 5
• 4 2
• 6 6
• 7 2
• 8 1

• 1-part single page 7
• 2-part opening 2
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 4
• 3-part opening 9
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 3
• 4-part opening 10
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part opening 3
• 6-part opening 1

• none 10
• single 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 9
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 6
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 7
• not in dedicated space 9
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• made for complete additional staves 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 13
• notation extended into margin 10
• partial additional staves 4
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 4
• brown 10
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• red 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 14

• absent 14
• present 1

• fair 8
• high 6
• very high 1

• coronae 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 12
• signa congruentiae 8
• signes-de-renvoi 6

• Dutch 4
• French 11
• Italian 12
• Latin 12
• Spanish 4

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 10
• fully texted with one text 8
• fully texted with two or more texts 1
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 7
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 13
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 9

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

• fair 8
• high 6
• poor 1
• very high 1

• black 2
• blue 1
• brown 11
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• grey 1
• red 3

• no 7
• yes 10

• rarely 1

• rarely 2

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

• normally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• decorated 2
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 2
• normally 6
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 5
• calligraphic with decoration 1
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 2
• decorated 1
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 4

• normally 4
• rarely 2
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 2

• rarely 3

• decorative final long 2
• littera notabilior 1