PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 7

• Florence 4
• Italy 3
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 1
• Milan 1
• Modena 1
• Padua 1

• Manuscript 10

• choirbook 4
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• tablebook 1

• paper 8
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 5
• upright 4

• never 1
• none visible 8
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 2
• brown 8
• gold 1
• light brown 1

• double rastrum 10
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 3
• triple rastrum 3

• 1 1
• 10 2
• 11 2
• 12 2
• 2 1
• 3 2
• 4 6
• 6 1
• 8 1

• 1-part single page 5
• 2-part opening 2
• 2-part single page 1
• 3-part opening 4
• 3-part single page 1
• 4-part opening 4
• 4-part single page 3
• 5-part opening 3
• 6-part opening 2
• n/a 1

• none 7
• single 4

• empty ruled staves on grid 8
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 1

• no separate text 8
• not in dedicated space 1
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• made for complete additional staves 4
• notation and staves extended into margin 7
• notation extended into margin 5
• partial additional staves 2
• staveline added 3
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 3
• brown 5
• dark brown 3
• gold 1

• full mensural 1
• void mensural 10

• absent 10

• fair 5
• high 4
• very high 1

• coronae 1
• repeat signs 4
• signa congruentiae 5
• signes-de-renvoi 3

• Dutch 1
• French 7
• Italian 4
• Latin 5

• fully texted with one or two texts 7
• fully texted with one text 6
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 4
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 5
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 5

• cursive 2
• cursive (bastarda) 1
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 3
• roman 1

• fair 3
• high 5
• poor 1
• very high 1

• black 2
• brown 6
• dark brown 1
• gold 1

• no 4
• yes 7

• rarely 3

• rarely 2

• full borders 1
• partial borders: one-sided 1

• normally 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• decorated 3
• historiated 1

• always 3
• normally 3
• often 1

• calligraphic 3
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 3
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• plain initials 1

• always 1
• normally 2
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 1

• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 3

• Voice-names 1
• decorative final long 3
• littera notabilior 1