PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 16

• Ferrara 6
• Florence 3
• Milan 1
• Naples 4
• Rome 2
• Siena 1
• Venice 1
• Verona 1

• Manuscript 14
• Printed work 2

• choirbook 14
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 8
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 7

• oblong 2
• upright 14

• always 6
• n/a 2
• never 1
• none visible 5
• normally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1

• black 8
• brown 5
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 12
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 1

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

• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 6
• 2-part single page 3
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 11
• 3-part single page 7
• 4-part opening 13
• 4-part single page 7
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 4
• 6-part opening 2
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• none 12
• single 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 12
• none 4
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 9
• not in dedicated space 6
• provided, in dedicated space 3

• made for complete additional staves 3
• notation and staves extended into margin 12
• notation extended into margin 11
• partial additional staves 4
• staveline added 3
• staves extended into margin 1

• black 14
• brown 3
• dark brown 1
• gold 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 15

• absent 11
• present 5

• fair 4
• high 6
• n/a 2
• very high 4

• coronae 3
• end symbol 2
• repeat signs 5
• signa congruentiae 8
• signes-de-renvoi 9

• Dutch 2
• French 6
• German 1
• Italian 5
• Latin 14
• Spanish 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 3
• fully texted with one text 11
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 3
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 9
• untexted 5

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

• fair 3
• high 9
• n/a 2
• very high 5

• black 12
• brown 5
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• red 3
• yellow 1

• no 10
• yes 10

• rarely 5

• rarely 7

• full borders 1
• partial borders: one-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 5

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

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 6
• flourished 3

• always 2
• normally 9
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 9
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 1
• flourished 7
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 1

• often 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 1

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

• decorative final long 4
• diagrams 1
• embellished final barline 3
• ornament 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1