PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• France 1
• Germany 3
• Great Britain 4
• Italy 13
• Spain 5
• Switzerland 1

• Belgium 1
• Catalonia 1
• Florence 8
• France 3
• Germany (South) 2
• Glarus, Switzerland 2
• Italy 1
• London 4
• Mantua 1
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Pisa 1
• Rome 1
• Segovia 1
• Seville 1
• Siena 2
• Spain 1
• St Gall 1
• Switzerland 1
• Tarazona 3
• Toledo 1
• Wittenberg 2

• Manuscript 34

• choirbook 17
• music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 8
• partbooks (incomplete set) 5
• tablebook 1

• paper 29
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 3

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 17
• upright 16

• always 10
• n/a 1
• never 9
• none visible 13
• normally 1
• sometimes 2

• black 8
• brown 14
• dark brown 10
• light brown 1
• red 2
• reddish brown 1

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 2
• freehand 2
• printed staves 5
• single rastrum 17
• straightedge 5
• triple rastrum 8

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

• 1-part single page 16
• 2-part opening 3
• 2-part single page 9
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 14
• 3-part single page 7
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 18
• 4-part single page 9
• 5-part opening 4
• 5-part single page 1
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 6
• none 13
• single 21

• empty ruled staves on grid 25
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 5
• staves not ruled on grid 3
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 18
• not in dedicated space 14
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 9
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 23
• notation extended into margin 11
• other 2
• partial additional staves 13
• staveline added 8
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 12
• brown 19
• dark brown 5
• light brown 3

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 3
• void mensural 33

• absent 29
• present 6

• fair 34
• high 2
• poor 1

• coronae 2
• end symbol 5
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 18
• signa congruentiae 14
• signes-de-renvoi 13
• space-filler 3

• Dutch 5
• Flemish 1
• French 16
• German 2
• Italian 15
• Latin 29
• Spanish 10
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 19
• fully texted with one text 25
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 6
• partially texted with one text 12
• provided with one or two incipits 5
• provided with single incipit 19
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 16

• cursive 12
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 3
• cursive (humanistic) 6
• cursive (italic) 7
• display script 2
• hybrida 4
• textura 3

• fair 28
• high 7
• poor 5

• black 12
• blue 2
• brown 22
• dark brown 6
• light brown 2
• red 8
• yellow 1

• no 13
• yes 24

• never 3
• rarely 2

• always 1
• never 3
• rarely 2

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

• always 2
• never 1
• rarely 3

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 3
• flourished 1

• always 5
• never 1
• normally 11
• occasionally 3
• often 5
• rarely 4
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 15
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 5
• flourished 5
• plain initials 13

• normally 8
• occasionally 1
• often 4
• rarely 4
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 3

• never 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• decorative final long 3
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 2
• ornament 1