PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Austria 1
• Belgium 3
• France 3
• Germany 1
• Great Britain 2
• Italy 14
• Spain 1

• Arundel 2
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 1
• Cognac 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 9
• France 5
• Italy 3
• London 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 3
• Milan 1
• Modena 1
• Munich 1
• Naples 1
• Netherlands 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 2
• Savoy, France 1
• Seville 1
• Switzerland 1
• Venice 1
• Vienna 1

• Manuscript 38

• choirbook 26
• choirbook (fragment) 1
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 2
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 4
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• single leaf 1

• paper 16
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 17
• parchment (with paper) 2
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 7
• upright 31

• always 7
• never 5
• none visible 21
• normally 3
• often 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• black 10
• brown 19
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 3
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 5
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 27
• straightedge 6
• triple rastrum 3

• 1 1
• 10 11
• 11 5
• 12 3
• 13 3
• 14 3
• 15 2
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 4
• 3 2
• 4 9
• 5 7
• 6 11
• 7 10
• 8 14
• 9 8

• 1-part single page 9
• 2-part opening 11
• 2-part single page 4
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 22
• 3-part single page 6
• 4-part opening 24
• 4-part single page 8
• 5-part consecutive 2
• 5-part opening 12
• 6-part opening 6

• double 7
• none 21
• quadruple 1
• quintuple 1
• single 24
• triple 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 30
• none 5
• staves not ruled on grid 5
• variable space, not on grid 3

• no separate text 26
• not in dedicated space 9
• provided, in dedicated space 7

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 9
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 19
• notation extended into margin 17
• other 1
• partial additional staves 8
• staveline added 6
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 20
• brown 16
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 2

• chant (square) 4
• full mensural 4
• void mensural 36

• absent 33
• present 5

• fair 6
• high 31
• very high 4

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

• Dutch 5
• Flemish 1
• French 20
• German 2
• Italian 9
• Latin 31
• Spanish 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 13
• fully texted with one text 32
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 9
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 5
• provided with single incipit 17
• provided with two incipits 4
• untexted 14

• antiqua 1
• cursive 5
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 15
• cursive (humanistic) 8
• cursive (italic) 2
• display script 8
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 4
• roman 2
• rotonda 1
• textura 7

• fair 6
• high 38
• poor 1
• very high 4

• black 18
• blue 4
• brown 19
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 13
• yellow 1

• no 24
• yes 20

• always 1
• rarely 9

• always 2
• never 1
• occasionally 2
• often 1
• rarely 11

• full borders 5
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 2
• partial borders: one-sided 5
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 5

• always 4
• normally 6
• occasionally 2
• often 1
• rarely 6
• sometimes 3

• decorated 17
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 2
• historiated 3
• plain initials 1
• zoomorphic initial 3

• always 6
• normally 11
• occasionally 4
• often 6
• rarely 5
• sometimes 5

• calligraphic 16
• calligraphic with decoration 11
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 13
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 7
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 2
• plain initials 2

• never 1
• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• rarely 6
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 1

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

• banner 1
• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 11
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 3
• ornament 1