PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 13

• Bologna 2
• Casale Monferrato 3
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 2
• Italy (North) 2
• Mantua 1
• Naples 2
• Padua 1
• Rome 2
• Siena 2
• Verona 1

• Manuscript 13

• choirbook 12
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1

• paper 12
• parchment 1

• oblong 2
• upright 11

• always 5
• never 6
• none visible 3

• black 4
• brown 6
• dark brown 1
• light brown 2
• reddish brown 1

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 2
• single rastrum 9
• triple rastrum 1

• 10 5
• 11 2
• 6 3
• 7 2
• 8 1
• 9 3

• 1-part single page 3
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part opening 9
• 3-part single page 2
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 12
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part opening 5
• 6-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 1
• none 8
• single 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 9
• left between voice parts as part of grid 3
• none 1
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 11
• not in dedicated space 3
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 5
• notation and staves extended into margin 9
• notation extended into margin 5
• partial additional staves 8
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 8
• brown 6
• dark brown 1

• void mensural 13

• absent 11
• present 3

• fair 10
• high 4
• very high 1

• end symbol 1
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 1
• signa congruentiae 2
• signes-de-renvoi 6
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 1
• Flemish 2
• French 6
• German 1
• Italian 4
• Latin 12
• Spanish 3

• fully texted with one or two texts 1
• fully texted with one text 10
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 2
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 6
• untexted 5

• cursive 3
• cursive (bastarda) 2
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 3
• display script 2
• hybrida 1
• textura 2

• fair 12
• high 2
• poor 2

• black 8
• blue 1
• brown 7
• dark brown 2
• red 2
• reddish brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 9
• yes 5

• rarely 1

• rarely 2

• partial borders: one-sided 2

• rarely 2

• decorated 1

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

• calligraphic 8
• calligraphic with decoration 2
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• flourished 4
• plain initials 3

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

• Guide letters only 1

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

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 3
• end-symbol 1
• signa congruentiae 1