PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 2
• France 1
• Italy 16
• Spain 4

• Belgium 1
• Bruges 1
• Catalonia 1
• Florence 10
• France 6
• Italy 2
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 1
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Pisa 1
• Pordenone 1
• Rome 2
• Segovia 1
• Seville 1
• Spain 1
• Tarazona 2
• Toledo 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 32
• Printed work 1

• choirbook 20
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• tablebook 1

• paper 20
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 11
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 11
• upright 21

• always 3
• n/a 1
• never 3
• none visible 20
• normally 4
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

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

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 22
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 7

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

• 1-part single page 14
• 2-part opening 9
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 11
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 23
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 11
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 21
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 14
• 5-part opening 8
• 5-part single page 1
• 8-part opening 1

• double 3
• none 16
• single 22
• triple 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 27
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 6
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 2

• no separate text 13
• not in dedicated space 20
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 10
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 25
• notation extended into margin 17
• other 2
• partial additional staves 12
• staveline added 13
• staves extended into margin 5

• black 7
• brown 20
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• light brown 3
• red-brown 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 5
• void mensural 31

• absent 30
• present 4

• fair 21
• high 9
• n/a 1
• poor 1
• very high 3

• coronae 3
• custodes 1
• end symbol 6
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 25
• signa congruentiae 18
• signes-de-renvoi 17
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 8
• Flemish 1
• French 24
• German 1
• Italian 21
• Latin 28
• Spanish 9
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 33
• fully texted with one text 21
• fully texted with two texts 5
• partially texted with one or two texts 9
• partially texted with one text 21
• partially texted with two texts 2
• provided with one or two incipits 9
• provided with single incipit 23
• provided with two incipits 4
• untexted 20

• antiqua 1
• cursive 8
• cursive (bastarda) 10
• cursive (humanistic) 5
• cursive (italic) 6
• display script 2
• hybrida 6
• roman 2
• textura 2

• fair 18
• high 12
• n/a 1
• poor 5
• very high 3

• black 9
• blue 1
• brown 20
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 4
• red-brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 9
• yes 31

• never 2
• rarely 6

• always 2
• never 2
• rarely 6

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

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

• decorated 8
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 3
• normally 13
• occasionally 2
• often 4
• rarely 4
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 15
• calligraphic with decoration 6
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 3
• plain initials 7

• normally 5
• occasionally 1
• often 4
• rarely 5
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 2

• never 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 3
• often 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 2

• banner 1
• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 3
• ornament 1