PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Austria 7
• Belgium 3
• France 1
• Germany 9
• Great Britain 6
• Italy 5
• Netherlands 1

• Augsburg 3
• Bruges 2
• Brussels 1
• Florence 5
• Glarus, Switzerland 1
• Innsbruck 1
• London 6
• Mechelen 1
• Munich 9
• Paris 1
• Utrecht 1
• Vienna 6
• Windsor 1

• Manuscript 26

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 13
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 8
• poetry collection with some notated music 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 20
• parchment 4
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 12
• upright 13

• always 1
• never 7
• none visible 9
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• sometimes 3

• black 16
• brown 7
• dark brown 3
• red 1

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 1
• printed staves 4
• single rastrum 15
• straightedge 3
• triple rastrum 5

• 1 1
• 10 2
• 2 13
• 3 26
• 4 16
• 5 15
• 6 16
• 7 13
• 8 12
• 9 5

• 1-part single page 12
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 9
• 2-part single page 1
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 12
• 3-part single page 1
• 4-part opening 15
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part opening 12
• 6-part opening 5
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 11
• none 10
• single 18
• triple 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 8
• left below voice parts as part of grid 2
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 6
• staves not ruled on grid 4
• variable space, not on grid 11

• no separate text 17
• not in dedicated space 3
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• made for complete additional staves 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 9
• notation extended into margin 2
• partial additional staves 6
• staveline added 2

• black 20
• brown 9
• red 2

• German hufnagel 1
• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 25

• absent 20
• present 7

• fair 17
• high 8
• poor 2
• very high 1

• end symbol 1
• repeat signs 5
• signa congruentiae 8
• signes-de-renvoi 3
• space-filler 1

• English 2
• Flemish 1
• French 7
• German 3
• Italian 5
• Latin 21

• fully texted with one or two texts 8
• fully texted with one text 19
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 3
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 6
• untexted 6

• cursive 5
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 3
• cursive (italic) 5
• display script 7
• textura 10

• fair 14
• high 11
• poor 1
• very high 1

• black 20
• brown 9
• red 9

• no 11
• yes 16

• always 2
• never 2
• rarely 1

• never 1
• rarely 1

• full borders 1

• always 1
• never 2
• normally 1
• often 1
• rarely 2

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 1
• flourished 3
• plain initials 3

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

• calligraphic 9
• calligraphic with decoration 2
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 3
• decorated 4
• flourished 2
• plain initials 11

• normally 2
• often 1
• rarely 3

• Guide letters only 1

• always 1
• never 1
• normally 4
• often 1
• rarely 1

• Voice-names 1
• decorative final long 2
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 2