PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• France 1
• Italy 18

• Bologna 1
• Florence 10
• France 2
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 2
• Milan 1
• Naples 3
• Padua 1
• Paris 1
• Pisa 1
• Pordenone 1
• Rome 2

• Manuscript 23

• choirbook 13
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• printed treatise with added polyphony 1

• paper 13
• paper (with parchment) 3
• parchment 5
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 11
• upright 12

• always 1
• never 6
• none visible 15
• normally 1
• rarely 1

• black 5
• brown 11
• dark brown 6
• gold 2
• light brown 1
• red-brown 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 3
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 13
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 8

• 1 1
• 10 2
• 2 1
• 3 4
• 4 2
• 5 3
• 6 10
• 7 4
• 8 3
• 9 3

• 1-part single page 10
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 8
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 15
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 7
• 4-part consecutive 2
• 4-part opening 15
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 7
• 5-part opening 3

• none 19
• single 6

• empty ruled staves on grid 14
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 8
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 11
• not in dedicated space 12
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• made for complete additional staves 6
• notation and staves extended into margin 14
• notation extended into margin 9
• partial additional staves 5
• staveline added 7
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 8
• brown 12
• dark brown 4
• gold 2
• light brown 2
• red-brown 1

• full mensural 2
• void mensural 23

• absent 22
• present 2

• fair 14
• high 7
• very high 3

• end symbol 4
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 11
• signa congruentiae 5
• signes-de-renvoi 7

• Dutch 2
• Flemish 1
• French 13
• German 1
• Italian 23
• Latin 19
• Spanish 4

• fully texted with one or two texts 14
• fully texted with one text 14
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 8
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 16
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 11

• cursive 3
• cursive (bastarda) 2
• cursive (humanistic) 7
• cursive (italic) 8
• display script 1
• hybrida 2
• roman 1
• rotonda 1
• textura 1

• fair 15
• high 8
• poor 3
• very high 1

• black 7
• blue 1
• brown 15
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 3
• red-brown 1
• reddish brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 11
• yes 15

• often 1
• rarely 3

• always 1
• rarely 3

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

• always 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• sometimes 1

• decorated 4

• always 5
• normally 8
• often 3
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 10
• calligraphic with decoration 4
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 4
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 6

• occasionally 3
• often 2
• rarely 1
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 1

• normally 2
• often 2
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 3
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 1