PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 8
• Germany 2
• Great Britain 1
• Italy 7
• Switzerland 2

• Arundel 1
• Basel 2
• Brussels 6
• Ferrara 4
• Florence 2
• France 2
• Germany 1
• Germany (South) 2
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 8
• Padua 1
• Wittenberg 1

• Manuscript 24

• choirbook 21
• choirbook (single quire(s)) 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 1

• paper 5
• paper (with parchment) 3
• parchment 16

• oblong 2
• upright 22

• always 10
• never 2
• none visible 9
• often 2
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• black 18
• brown 5
• gold 1
• light brown 2

• double rastrum 3
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 19
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 1

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

• 1-part single page 6
• 2-part opening 6
• 2-part single page 1
• 3-part opening 15
• 3-part single page 3
• 4-part opening 19
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 11
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 7
• 8-part opening 2

• double 12
• none 9
• single 16
• triple 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 19
• left below voice parts as part of grid 2
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 2
• staves not ruled on grid 10
• variable space, not on grid 6

• no separate text 20
• not in dedicated space 5
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• made for complete additional staves 7
• notation and staves extended into margin 14
• notation extended into margin 9
• partial additional staves 5
• staveline added 2
• staves extended into margin 1

• black 21
• brown 5
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1

• full mensural 2
• void mensural 23

• absent 22
• present 4

• fair 5
• high 9
• poor 3
• very high 10

• coronae 1
• custodes 1
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 9
• signa congruentiae 12
• signes-de-renvoi 18
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 3
• Flemish 1
• French 8
• German 2
• Italian 3
• Latin 23
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 4
• fully texted with one text 24
• fully texted with two or more texts 6
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 4
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 8
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 5

• cursive 1
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 12
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 11
• hybrida 1
• roman 1
• textura 6

• fair 6
• high 10
• poor 2
• very high 10

• black 22
• blue 1
• brown 2
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 12

• no 12
• yes 15

• never 1
• rarely 24

• never 2
• occasionally 2
• rarely 16

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 5
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 2
• partial borders: one-sided 2
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 7

• always 2
• never 2
• normally 4
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 10
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 1
• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 11
• decorated with grotesque heads 4
• flourished 4
• historiated 2
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 2
• never 1
• normally 15
• occasionally 2
• often 1
• rarely 3

• calligraphic 11
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 1
• decorated 2
• flourished 6
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 1

• always 1
• never 4
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

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

• Voice-names 1
• decorative final long 1
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 1