PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Austria 3
• Belgium 16
• Germany 6
• Great Britain 3
• Italy 5

• Antwerp 1
• Augsburg 1
• Brussels 12
• Casale Monferrato 1
• England 1
• Eton 1
• Ferrara 1
• Flanders 1
• Florence 2
• London 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 14
• Munich 6
• Naples 1
• Netherlands 1
• Rome 1
• Spain 1
• Vienna 3

• Manuscript 35

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 33
• partbook (single) 1

• paper 17
• parchment 16
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 2
• upright 33

• always 11
• never 3
• none visible 10
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 1
• sometimes 4

• black 27
• brown 8
• dark brown 2

• freehand 3
• single rastrum 31
• straightedge 5
• triple rastrum 1

• 1 3
• 10 26
• 11 17
• 12 5
• 13 1
• 14 1
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 8
• 3 9
• 4 13
• 5 19
• 6 24
• 7 21
• 8 28
• 9 25

• 1-part single page 9
• 12-part opening 1
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 16
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 9
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 27
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 34
• 4-part single page 6
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 25
• 5-part single page 3
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 12
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 3
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1

• all staves indented 1
• double 24
• none 6
• quadruple 4
• single 31
• triple 16

• empty ruled staves on grid 28
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 21
• variable space, not on grid 11

• no separate text 28
• not in dedicated space 7
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 15
• notation and staves extended into margin 25
• notation extended into margin 12
• other 1
• partial additional staves 13
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 5

• black 30
• blue 1
• brown 5
• dark brown 3
• red 5

• chant (square) 3
• full mensural 3
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 34

• absent 28
• present 7

• fair 4
• high 19
• very high 12

• coronae 4
• custodes 1
• end symbol 8
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 8
• signa congruentiae 18
• signes-de-renvoi 26
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 2
• English 2
• Flemish 2
• French 9
• German 1
• Italian 3
• Latin 33
• Spanish 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 4
• fully texted with one text 33
• fully texted with two or more texts 12
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 5
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 6
• untexted 9

• cursive 2
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 21
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 25
• hybrida 2
• textura 9

• fair 6
• high 16
• poor 1
• very high 15

• black 30
• blue 3
• brown 5
• dark brown 4
• red 35
• yellow 1

• no 17
• yes 21

• always 1
• never 2
• rarely 15

• never 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 14

• full borders 6
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 2
• partial borders: one-sided 5
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 2

• never 4
• occasionally 4
• often 3
• rarely 14
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 6
• decorated with grotesque heads 8
• flourished 2
• historiated 3
• plain initials 1
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 4

• always 1
• normally 19
• occasionally 11
• often 3
• rarely 11
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 20
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 9
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 7
• plain initials 4

• never 7
• occasionally 2
• often 1
• rarely 14
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 1

• always 1
• never 11
• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 4
• rarely 4

• Voice-names 3
• banner 2
• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 5