PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 10
• France 1
• Germany 2
• Great Britain 2
• Italy 7
• Portugal 1
• Spain 1

• Antwerp 1
• Arundel 1
• Bologna 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 8
• Catalonia 1
• Coimbra 1
• Ferrara 5
• Florence 1
• Halberstadt 1
• Leipzig 2
• London 1
• Mechelen 9
• Netherlands 1
• Segovia 1
• Siena 1
• Toledo 1
• Torgau 1

• Manuscript 28

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 25
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1

• paper 10
• parchment 16
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• upright 28

• always 9
• never 4
• none visible 7
• normally 3
• often 4
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• black 21
• brown 10
• dark brown 1
• red 2

• double and single rastra 1
• single rastrum 24
• straightedge 4
• triple rastrum 1

• 1 2
• 10 19
• 11 13
• 12 8
• 13 4
• 14 2
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 3
• 3 3
• 4 5
• 5 8
• 6 12
• 7 12
• 8 19
• 9 28

• 1-part single page 8
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 14
• 2-part single page 9
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 23
• 3-part single page 8
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 25
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 17
• 6-part opening 8
• 8-part opening 4
• n/a 2

• double 14
• none 13
• quintuple 1
• single 20
• triple 9
• varies 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 24
• left below voice parts as part of grid 2
• left between voice parts as part of grid 3
• none 4
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 10
• variable space, not on grid 4

• no separate text 19
• not in dedicated space 10
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 13
• notation and staves extended into margin 19
• notation extended into margin 10
• other 2
• partial additional staves 16
• staveline added 4
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 22
• brown 6
• dark brown 1
• red 3

• chant (Gothic) 1
• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 27

• absent 21
• present 10

• fair 9
• high 9
• poor 2
• very high 11

• coronae 3
• end symbol 5
• none 1
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 7
• signa congruentiae 13
• signes-de-renvoi 20
• space-filler 4

• English 1
• Flemish 4
• French 13
• German 2
• Italian 1
• Latin 27
• Spanish 3

• fully texted with one or two texts 4
• fully texted with one text 26
• fully texted with two or more texts 8
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 5
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 10
• untexted 10
• varies 2

• cursive 5
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 13
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• display script 11
• hybrida 1
• textura 5
• various 1

• fair 7
• high 9
• poor 2
• very high 13

• black 24
• blue 2
• brown 7
• dark brown 1
• red 13

• no 13
• yes 19

• always 1
• never 4
• rarely 14

• never 4
• occasionally 2
• rarely 13

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 4
• partial borders: one-sided 3
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 7

• always 1
• never 2
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 5
• rarely 12
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 10
• decorated with grotesque heads 4
• flourished 4
• historiated 3
• plain initials 1
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 2
• never 1
• normally 15
• occasionally 7
• often 2
• rarely 8
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 14
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 3
• decorated 2
• flourished 7
• plain initials 4

• always 2
• never 5
• normally 4
• occasionally 2
• often 4
• rarely 6

• never 7
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 4

• banner 1
• decorative final long 3
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 1