PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 1
• France 2
• Great Britain 4
• Italy 11

• Brussels 1
• Cognac 1
• Ferrara 4
• Florence 5
• France 2
• Italy 3
• London 4
• Mechelen 1
• Milan 2
• Paris 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 22

• choirbook 13
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 13
• parchment 9

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 11
• upright 10

• always 6
• never 5
• none visible 10
• normally 1

• black 9
• brown 9
• dark brown 2
• light brown 2

• double rastrum 5
• printed staves 4
• single rastrum 12
• triple rastrum 4

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

• 1-part single page 9
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part opening 14
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 6
• 4-part opening 12
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part opening 2
• 6-part opening 2
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 5
• none 13
• single 7
• triple 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 22
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• staves not ruled on grid 1
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 13
• not in dedicated space 9
• provided, in dedicated space 3

• made for complete additional staves 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 13
• notation extended into margin 13
• partial additional staves 5
• staveline added 2
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 10
• brown 10
• dark brown 2
• light brown 1
• red 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 21

• absent 19
• present 3

• fair 9
• high 10
• poor 1
• very high 3

• end symbol 2
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 11
• signa congruentiae 13
• signes-de-renvoi 8
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 4
• French 11
• Italian 6
• Latin 15
• Spanish 3
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 10
• fully texted with one text 16
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 6
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 10
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 8

• cursive 5
• cursive (bastarda) 5
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 2
• display script 1
• hybrida 2
• textura 4

• fair 8
• high 10
• poor 1
• very high 3

• black 9
• brown 12
• light brown 1
• red 2

• no 7
• yes 15

• rarely 7

• always 1
• rarely 7

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

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

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 6
• flourished 3
• zoomorphic initial 1

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

• calligraphic 8
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 4
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 3
• plain initials 4

• normally 3
• often 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 2

• always 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 4

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