PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Austria 1
• Belgium 4
• France 2
• Germany 2
• Italy 10
• Spain 1

• Augsburg 1
• Bruges 1
• Brussels 2
• Cognac 1
• Florence 6
• France 4
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 3
• Milan 1
• Munich 2
• Naples 1
• Padua 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Venice 1
• Vienna 1
• Zaragoza 1

• Manuscript 25

• choirbook 24
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 11
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 12
• parchment (with paper) 1

• upright 25

• always 5
• never 4
• none visible 12
• normally 2
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• black 11
• brown 8
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 2

• double rastrum 2
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 21
• triple rastrum 3

• 1 1
• 10 10
• 11 5
• 12 3
• 13 2
• 2 3
• 3 3
• 4 3
• 5 3
• 6 7
• 7 6
• 8 11
• 9 7

• 1-part single page 2
• 2-part opening 8
• 2-part single page 3
• 3-part opening 21
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part opening 23
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part opening 15
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 6
• 7-part opening 1

• double 9
• none 13
• quadruple 1
• single 16
• triple 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 21
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 6
• variable space, not on grid 3

• no separate text 16
• not in dedicated space 9
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 3
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 19
• notation extended into margin 13
• partial additional staves 5
• staveline added 3
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 16
• brown 8
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 3

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 25

• absent 23
• present 3

• fair 7
• high 13
• very high 7

• coronae 4
• custodes 1
• end symbol 4
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 13
• signa congruentiae 17
• signes-de-renvoi 16
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 4
• French 15
• German 1
• Italian 8
• Latin 22
• Spanish 2

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 9
• fully texted with one text 22
• fully texted with two or more texts 4
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 9
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 15
• provided with two incipits 4
• untexted 13

• cursive 5
• cursive (bastarda) 9
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 2
• display script 6
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 5
• roman 2
• textura 2

• fair 10
• high 13
• poor 1
• very high 6

• black 15
• blue 2
• brown 9
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 11
• yellow 1

• no 15
• yes 13

• never 1
• rarely 9

• always 2
• never 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 9

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 3
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 3
• partial borders: one-sided 2
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 2
• partial borders: two-sided 1

• always 2
• never 1
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• rarely 7
• sometimes 2

• decorated 9
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 2
• normally 9
• occasionally 4
• often 3
• rarely 8
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 10
• calligraphic with decoration 4
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 2

• always 1
• never 5
• normally 3
• often 3
• rarely 3
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 1

• always 2
• never 5
• normally 1
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• rarely 3

• banner 2
• decorative final long 4
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 1