PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 1
• France 2
• Germany 2
• Great Britain 5
• Italy 9
• Netherlands 1
• Spain 1
• Switzerland 4

• Basel 4
• Bologna 3
• Brussels 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 2
• France 1
• Germany 3
• Glarus, Switzerland 2
• Halberstadt 1
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 2
• Leipzig 2
• London 5
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 1
• Naples 1
• Padua 1
• Paris 1
• Pisa 1
• Rome 1
• Seville 1
• Torgau 1
• Troyes 1
• Utrecht 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 28

• choirbook 11
• choirbook (fragment) 1
• choirbook (single quire(s)) 3
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 2
• music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1
• poetry collection with some notated music 1
• printed treatise with added polyphony 1

• paper 25
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 2

• oblong 9
• upright 19

• always 2
• n/a 1
• never 28
• none visible 3

• black 17
• brown 10
• dark brown 3
• light brown 2
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 2
• freehand 6
• printed staves 5
• single rastrum 14
• straightedge 10

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

• 1-part single page 11
• 2-part consecutive 3
• 2-part opening 6
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part consecutive 4
• 3-part opening 14
• 3-part single page 7
• 4-part consecutive 3
• 4-part opening 18
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part opening 8
• 6-part opening 2
• n/a 3

• double 5
• none 14
• single 13
• triple 2
• varies 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 16
• left below voice parts as part of grid 2
• left between voice parts as part of grid 5
• none 9
• staves not ruled on grid 2
• variable space, not on grid 4

• no separate text 22
• not in dedicated space 2
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 7
• none 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 14
• notation extended into margin 4
• other 2
• partial additional staves 8
• staveline added 1
• staves extended into margin 1

• black 19
• blue 1
• brown 8
• dark brown 4
• light brown 1
• red 1

• German hufnagel 1
• chant (square) 4
• full mensural 3
• void mensural 27

• absent 24
• present 7

• fair 20
• high 6
• poor 6
• very high 1
• very poor 1

• coronae 2
• end symbol 2
• none 4
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 1
• signa congruentiae 5
• signes-de-renvoi 8
• space-filler 1

• English 1
• Flemish 1
• French 7
• German 5
• Italian 6
• Latin 25
• Spanish 3

• fully texted with one or two texts 1
• fully texted with one text 23
• fully texted with two or more texts 1
• partially texted with one text 4
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 12
• untexted 14
• varies 2

• antiqua 1
• cursive 12
• cursive (German) 5
• cursive (bastarda) 2
• cursive (humanistic) 7
• cursive (italic) 3
• display script 1
• humanistic 1
• rotonda 1
• textura 1

• fair 21
• high 3
• poor 6
• very high 1
• very poor 1

• black 18
• brown 12
• dark brown 3
• red 3
• reddish brown 1

• no 21
• yes 8

• never 4
• rarely 2

• never 2
• rarely 2

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

• always 1
• never 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 2
• flourished 2
• plain initials 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 6
• never 1
• normally 4
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 5
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 11
• calligraphic with decoration 2
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• decorated 4
• flourished 3
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 9

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

• normally 1
• occasionally 3
• often 1
• rarely 5
• sometimes 3

• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 1