PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 5
• France 2
• Italy 16
• Spain 5
• Switzerland 2

• Antwerp 1
• Basel 2
• Belgium 1
• Bourges 1
• Bruges 1
• Brussels 2
• Catalonia 1
• Ferrara 1
• Flanders 1
• Florence 13
• France 6
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 3
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Segovia 1
• Seville 1
• Tarazona 2
• Toledo 1
• Zaragoza 1

• Manuscript 38

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 27
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 3
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• partbooks (incomplete set) 2

• paper 21
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 14
• parchment (with paper) 1

• oblong 13
• upright 25

• always 7
• never 3
• none visible 21
• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 3

• black 10
• brown 18
• dark brown 8
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 3
• freehand 3
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 28
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 8

• 1 2
• 10 9
• 11 5
• 12 1
• 2 2
• 3 7
• 4 7
• 5 4
• 6 12
• 7 9
• 8 14
• 9 8

• 1-part single page 17
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 8
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 9
• 3-part opening 27
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 8
• 4-part opening 25
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 10
• 5-part opening 13
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 3
• 8-part opening 1

• double 7
• none 20
• quadruple 1
• quintuple 1
• single 25
• triple 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 30
• left below voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 7
• staves not ruled on grid 4
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 17
• not in dedicated space 20
• provided, in dedicated space 7

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 10
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 32
• notation extended into margin 22
• other 1
• partial additional staves 15
• staveline added 14
• staves extended into margin 5

• black 14
• brown 22
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 2

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 4
• void mensural 37

• absent 35
• present 4

• fair 17
• high 16
• poor 3
• very high 5

• coronae 6
• end symbol 10
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 38
• signa congruentiae 25
• signes-de-renvoi 24
• space-filler 4

• Dutch 11
• Flemish 1
• French 28
• German 3
• Italian 19
• Latin 32
• Spanish 9
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 24
• fully texted with one text 32
• fully texted with two or more texts 3
• fully texted with two texts 7
• partially texted with one or two texts 8
• partially texted with one text 19
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 7
• provided with single incipit 29
• provided with two incipits 5
• untexted 24

• cursive 8
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 14
• cursive (humanistic) 6
• cursive (italic) 6
• display script 5
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 5
• roman 2
• textura 1

• fair 18
• high 18
• poor 5
• very high 3

• black 15
• blue 2
• brown 21
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 2
• red 9
• yellow 1

• no 14
• yes 29

• always 1
• never 4
• rarely 11

• always 2
• never 4
• rarely 8

• full borders 5
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 4

• always 3
• never 1
• normally 6
• occasionally 2
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

• decorated 11
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• historiated 2
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 3

• always 3
• normally 12
• occasionally 5
• often 5
• rarely 8
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 14
• calligraphic with decoration 6
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 4
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 3
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 2
• plain initials 8

• never 1
• normally 7
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 9
• sometimes 5

• Guide letters only 2

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

• banner 2
• decorative final long 3
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 4