PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 7
• France 1
• Italy 5

• Antwerp 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 5
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 4
• France 1
• Mechelen 5
• Naples 1
• Rome 1
• Spain 1

• Manuscript 17

• choirbook 16
• partbook (single) 1

• paper 7
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 8
• parchment (with paper) 1

• oblong 2
• upright 15

• always 3
• never 2
• none visible 9
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1

• black 9
• brown 6
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1

• double rastrum 1
• single rastrum 14
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 2

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

• 1-part single page 5
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 6
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part opening 16
• 3-part single page 2
• 4-part opening 14
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part opening 6
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 2

• double 8
• none 5
• quadruple 2
• quintuple 1
• single 15
• triple 6

• empty ruled staves on grid 17
• none 1
• staves not ruled on grid 8
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 10
• not in dedicated space 8
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• made for complete additional staves 10
• notation and staves extended into margin 13
• notation extended into margin 8
• other 1
• partial additional staves 6
• staveline added 4
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 11
• brown 8
• light brown 1
• red 2

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 17

• absent 15
• present 2

• fair 4
• high 7
• poor 1
• very high 7

• coronae 1
• end symbol 4
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 10
• signa congruentiae 13
• signes-de-renvoi 14
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 4
• Flemish 1
• French 11
• German 1
• Italian 5
• Latin 14
• Spanish 2
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 5
• fully texted with one text 15
• fully texted with two or more texts 5
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 5
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 9
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 10

• cursive 2
• cursive (bastarda) 12
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 8
• hybrida 2
• textura 2

• fair 4
• high 9
• poor 1
• very high 5

• black 11
• brown 5
• dark brown 2
• light brown 1
• red 11
• yellow 1

• no 8
• yes 12

• always 1
• never 1
• rarely 8

• never 1
• rarely 7

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 3
• partial borders: one-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 3

• always 1
• never 4
• normally 2
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• decorated 3
• historiated 2
• trompe l'oeil 1

• always 1
• normally 10
• occasionally 6
• often 3
• rarely 5

• calligraphic 6
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• plain initials 2

• normally 2
• rarely 17
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 2

• never 4
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• rarely 2

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