PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 19

• Ferrara 1
• Florence 10
• Fossombrone 1
• Mantua 1
• Milan 2
• Naples 2
• Rome 1
• Siena 1
• Venice 1
• Verona 1

• Manuscript 17
• Printed work 2

• choirbook 14
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 3
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 14
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 4

• oblong 11
• upright 8

• always 3
• n/a 2
• never 1
• none visible 11
• normally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1

• black 3
• brown 9
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• reddish brown 1

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 5
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 7
• triple rastrum 7

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

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

• double 2
• none 13
• single 8

• empty ruled staves on grid 14
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 4
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 9
• not in dedicated space 12
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• made for complete additional staves 4
• notation and staves extended into margin 15
• notation extended into margin 11
• partial additional staves 7
• staveline added 6
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 8
• blue 1
• brown 11
• dark brown 2
• gold 2
• light brown 1

• full mensural 2
• void mensural 18

• absent 17
• present 2

• fair 10
• high 6
• n/a 2
• very high 1

• coronae 2
• end symbol 4
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 12
• signa congruentiae 10
• signes-de-renvoi 8
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 6
• French 12
• German 1
• Italian 13
• Latin 15
• Spanish 3

• fully texted with one or two texts 11
• fully texted with one text 11
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 9
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 13
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 12

• cursive 3
• cursive (bastarda) 2
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 5
• display script 1
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 3
• roman 2
• rotonda 1
• textura 1

• fair 9
• high 7
• n/a 2
• poor 2
• very high 1

• black 5
• blue 1
• brown 13
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 3
• yellow 1

• no 8
• yes 14

• rarely 2

• rarely 4

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

• normally 2
• often 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• decorated 4
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 1
• normally 7
• occasionally 3
• often 4
• rarely 2

• calligraphic 6
• calligraphic with decoration 4
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 3
• decorated 2
• flourished 2
• plain initials 3

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

• Guide letters only 2

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

• decorative final long 3
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1