PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• France 1
• Italy 10

• Florence 8
• France 2
• Glarus, Switzerland 1
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 1
• Milan 1
• Paris 1
• Pisa 1

• Manuscript 13

• choirbook 8
• music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1

• paper 7
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 5

• oblong 8
• upright 5

• always 2
• n/a 1
• never 2
• none visible 8
• normally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 2
• brown 8
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 2
• printed staves 1
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 3
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 7

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

• 1-part single page 7
• 2-part opening 1
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 3
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 9
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 5
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 8
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 3
• 5-part opening 3

• none 8
• single 7

• empty ruled staves on grid 10
• none 3

• no separate text 8
• not in dedicated space 6
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• made for complete additional staves 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 11
• notation extended into margin 7
• partial additional staves 5
• staveline added 6
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 4
• brown 8
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1

• full mensural 3
• void mensural 12

• absent 13

• fair 6
• high 4
• very high 3

• coronae 1
• end symbol 2
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 10
• signa congruentiae 6
• signes-de-renvoi 5

• Dutch 2
• Flemish 1
• French 10
• German 1
• Italian 13
• Latin 10
• Spanish 4

• fully texted with one or two texts 11
• fully texted with one text 9
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 7
• provided with single incipit 11
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 10

• cursive 3
• cursive (bastarda) 3
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 3
• hybrida 1
• roman 1

• fair 8
• high 5
• very high 1

• black 5
• brown 8
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• red 1

• no 5
• yes 10

• rarely 4

• always 1
• rarely 2

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

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

• decorated 4
• historiated 1

• always 2
• normally 2
• often 2
• rarely 1

• calligraphic 1
• calligraphic with decoration 1
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 1
• decorated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 3

• always 1
• normally 3
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• occasionally 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 1

• decorative final long 2
• littera notabilior 2
• signa congruentiae 1