PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 2
• France 2
• Germany 1
• Great Britain 5
• Italy 10
• Switzerland 1

• Antwerp 1
• Augsburg 1
• Basel 1
• Bologna 2
• Casale Monferrato 3
• Cognac 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 1
• France 4
• Italy (North) 1
• London 5
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 1
• Naples 1
• Padua 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Siena 2

• Manuscript 24

• choirbook 17
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 5

• paper 18
• parchment 6

• oblong 7
• upright 17

• always 5
• never 12
• none visible 7
• normally 1

• black 10
• brown 13
• dark brown 1
• light brown 3

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 2
• freehand 1
• printed staves 4
• single rastrum 16
• straightedge 1

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

• 1-part single page 8
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 4
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part opening 13
• 3-part single page 3
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 17
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part opening 7
• 6-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 7
• none 10
• single 14

• empty ruled staves on grid 20
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 4
• none 4
• staves not ruled on grid 3

• no separate text 17
• not in dedicated space 7
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 8
• notation and staves extended into margin 14
• notation extended into margin 8
• other 1
• partial additional staves 9
• staveline added 1
• staves extended into margin 1

• black 13
• blue 1
• brown 13
• dark brown 2
• light brown 1

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 24

• absent 21
• present 4

• fair 17
• high 7
• poor 3
• very high 2

• coronae 1
• end symbol 3
• none 1
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 6
• signa congruentiae 7
• signes-de-renvoi 11
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 3
• English 1
• Flemish 1
• French 11
• German 3
• Italian 4
• Latin 21
• Spanish 1
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 4
• fully texted with one text 24
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 6
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 11
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 9

• cursive 9
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 8
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 3
• display script 3
• hybrida 2
• textura 1

• fair 17
• high 7
• poor 3
• very high 1

• black 15
• blue 1
• brown 11
• dark brown 2
• light brown 1
• red 5
• reddish brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 15
• yes 10

• always 1
• rarely 6

• always 1
• rarely 5

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

• always 2
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 4
• sometimes 2

• decorated 6
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 2
• normally 5
• occasionally 2
• often 4
• rarely 6
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 10
• calligraphic with decoration 2
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 6
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 4
• plain initials 9

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

• Guide letters only 1

• occasionally 3
• often 1
• rarely 1

• decorative final long 3
• end-symbol 1