PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 54

• Bologna 5
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Ferrara 7
• Florence 22
• Fossombrone 2
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 2
• Mantua 3
• Milan 2
• Modena 2
• Naples 2
• Padua 1
• Pisa 1
• Pordenone 1
• Rome 3
• Siena 2
• Venice 5

• Manuscript 48
• Printed work 6

• choirbook 37
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 2
• music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 2
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 8
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 38
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 13
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 21
• upright 32

• always 9
• n/a 6
• never 9
• none visible 26
• normally 2
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• black 17
• brown 23
• dark brown 8
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 1
• red-brown 1
• reddish brown 3

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 12
• freehand 4
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 29
• straightedge 3
• triple rastrum 14

• 1 1
• 10 10
• 11 4
• 12 2
• 13 2
• 14 1
• 15 1
• 2 1
• 3 6
• 4 10
• 5 6
• 6 18
• 7 5
• 8 4
• 9 7

• 1-part single page 15
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 18
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 14
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 31
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 15
• 4-part consecutive 2
• 4-part opening 41
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 13
• 5-part opening 14
• 6-part opening 5
• 8-part opening 1

• double 6
• none 39
• single 16

• empty ruled staves on grid 37
• left between voice parts as part of grid 5
• none 10
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 35
• not in dedicated space 19
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 10
• notation and staves extended into margin 35
• notation extended into margin 23
• partial additional staves 15
• staveline added 11
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 31
• blue 1
• brown 20
• dark brown 4
• gold 2
• light brown 2
• red 2
• red-brown 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 4
• void mensural 52

• absent 49
• present 6

• fair 28
• high 18
• n/a 6
• very high 4

• coronae 8
• cue notes 1
• custodes 1
• end symbol 6
• none 1
• pointers 6
• repeat signs 20
• signa congruentiae 20
• signes-de-renvoi 24
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 5
• Flemish 2
• French 23
• Italian 26
• Latin 43
• Spanish 8

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 19
• fully texted with one text 35
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 16
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 7
• provided with single incipit 30
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 24

• Italic 1
• antiqua 4
• cursive 9
• cursive (Italianate) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 4
• cursive (humanistic) 11
• cursive (italic) 14
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 2
• roman 5
• rotonda 2
• textura 9

• fair 27
• high 16
• n/a 6
• poor 5
• very high 4

• black 25
• blue 2
• brown 25
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 6
• red-brown 1
• reddish brown 1

• no 30
• yes 27

• rarely 7

• rarely 10

• full borders 1
• partial borders: one-sided 3
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 6

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

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 9
• flourished 3
• historiated 1
• plain initials 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 8
• normally 21
• occasionally 4
• often 5
• rarely 4
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 21
• calligraphic with decoration 8
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 10
• decorated 2
• flourished 11
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 3
• plain initials 10

• always 2
• normally 6
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• rarely 4
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 2

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

• Voice-names 1
• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 8
• embellished final barline 3
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 2
• ornament 1
• signa congruentiae 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1