PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 4
• France 2
• Great Britain 1
• Italy 12
• Spain 3
• Switzerland 3

• Barcelona 1
• Basel 3
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 2
• Catalonia 1
• Cognac 1
• Florence 6
• France 1
• Girona 1
• Italy 2
• Italy (North) 1
• London 1
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 4
• Naples 1
• Rheinfelden 2
• Rome 3
• Seville 1
• Spain 1
• Verona 1

• Manuscript 29

• choirbook 21
• choirbook (single quire(s)) 1
• monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 3
• partbooks (complete set) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1

• paper 19
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 7
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 6
• upright 23

• always 6
• never 4
• none visible 15
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 7
• brown 16
• dark brown 5
• light brown 2
• red 1

• double rastrum 5
• freehand 4
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 21
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 4

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

• 1-part single page 12
• 2-part opening 8
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 6
• 3-part opening 20
• 3-part single page 6
• 4-part opening 21
• 4-part single page 8
• 5-part opening 10
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 7
• none 15
• quintuple 1
• single 17
• triple 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 23
• none 5
• staves not ruled on grid 5
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 15
• not in dedicated space 11
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 11
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 25
• notation extended into margin 29
• other 1
• partial additional staves 11
• staveline added 10
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 14
• blue 2
• brown 15
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• chant (square) 4
• full mensural 3
• void mensural 28

• absent 24
• present 6

• fair 12
• high 9
• poor 5
• very high 4

• coronae 4
• end symbol 8
• none 2
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 14
• signa congruentiae 20
• signes-de-renvoi 22
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 7
• English 1
• French 15
• German 1
• Italian 10
• Latin 25
• Spanish 5

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 10
• fully texted with one text 25
• fully texted with two or more texts 3
• fully texted with two texts 2
• 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 6
• provided with single incipit 20
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 16

• cursive 12
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (Italianate) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 7
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• cursive (italic) 3
• display script 5
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 4
• rotonda 1
• textura 1

• fair 12
• high 11
• poor 6
• very high 2

• black 13
• blue 1
• brown 17
• dark brown 4
• red 8
• reddish brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 13
• yes 17

• never 3
• rarely 4

• never 3
• rarely 5

• full borders 3
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 2

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

• decorated 3
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 1
• normally 10
• occasionally 2
• often 5
• rarely 6
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 14
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 3
• flourished 2
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 2

• never 1
• normally 5
• often 1
• rarely 8
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 2

• never 3
• normally 2
• occasionally 3
• often 1
• rarely 4

• decorative final long 5
• end-symbol 4
• littera notabilior 3