PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 3
• France 1
• Germany 2
• Italy 8
• Spain 2

• Bologna 1
• Brussels 2
• Cambrai 1
• Catalonia 2
• Florence 4
• Germany (South) 1
• Girona 1
• Halberstadt 1
• Italy 1
• Leipzig 1
• Mechelen 3
• Milan 1
• Naples 1
• Siena 1
• Torgau 1
• Vic 1
• Wittenberg 1

• Manuscript 17

• choirbook 14
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 13
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 3

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 3
• upright 13

• always 4
• never 1
• none visible 9
• normally 1
• often 2

• black 7
• brown 10
• dark brown 2
• red 1

• double rastrum 5
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 11
• straightedge 3
• triple rastrum 4

• 1 1
• 10 11
• 11 6
• 12 4
• 13 1
• 2 3
• 3 3
• 4 4
• 5 4
• 6 5
• 7 3
• 8 4
• 9 6

• 1-part single page 6
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 4
• 2-part single page 6
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 12
• 3-part single page 5
• 4-part opening 15
• 4-part single page 7
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 10
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 5
• n/a 1

• double 6
• none 11
• single 11
• triple 3
• varies 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 14
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 2
• staves not ruled on grid 4
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 12
• not in dedicated space 3
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 9
• notation and staves extended into margin 14
• notation extended into margin 8
• other 2
• partial additional staves 17
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 11
• brown 7
• dark brown 2
• reddish brown 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 16

• absent 15
• present 3

• fair 10
• high 7
• poor 1
• very high 1

• coronae 5
• end symbol 3
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 8
• signa congruentiae 7
• signes-de-renvoi 11
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 1
• Flemish 1
• French 4
• German 1
• Italian 4
• Latin 14
• Spanish 2

• fully texted and provided with incipit 2
• fully texted with one or two texts 5
• fully texted with one text 15
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 7
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 8
• untexted 10
• varies 1

• antiqua 1
• cursive 4
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 4
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• cursive (italic) 4
• display script 3
• roman 1
• textura 3

• fair 8
• high 7
• poor 2
• very high 3

• black 10
• brown 9
• dark brown 2
• red 4
• reddish brown 1

• no 10
• yes 8

• never 5
• rarely 2

• never 5
• rarely 1

• partial borders: one-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 1

• never 2
• occasionally 2
• rarely 3

• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2

• always 2
• never 2
• normally 6
• occasionally 5
• often 2
• rarely 7
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 10
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 1
• flourished 3
• historiated 1
• plain initials 3

• always 1
• never 1
• normally 7
• often 5
• rarely 3
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 1

• never 1
• often 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 3

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