PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Great Britain 1
• Italy 10

• Bologna 1
• England 1
• Ferrara 4
• Florence 6
• France 1
• Rome 1

• Manuscript 13

• choirbook 11
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1

• paper 4
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 6
• parchment and paper (mixed) 2

• oblong 3
• upright 10

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

• black 4
• brown 8
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1

• double rastrum 2
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 8
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 4

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

• 1-part single page 4
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 7
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 7
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 13
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 9
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 11
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part opening 4
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 2
• 8-part opening 1

• none 8
• single 7

• empty ruled staves on grid 13
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 3

• no separate text 6
• not in dedicated space 13
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• made for complete additional staves 6
• notation and staves extended into margin 12
• notation extended into margin 9
• partial additional staves 6
• staveline added 6
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 8
• brown 3
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 2

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 3
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 12

• absent 8
• present 7

• fair 6
• high 4
• poor 1
• very high 3

• coronae 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 5
• repeat signs 7
• signa congruentiae 7
• signes-de-renvoi 8

• Dutch 3
• English 1
• French 7
• Italian 6
• Latin 10
• Spanish 3
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 8
• fully texted with one text 11
• fully texted with two or more texts 3
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 8
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 9
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 9

• cursive 3
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 2
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 2
• roman 1
• textura 4

• fair 8
• high 2
• poor 1
• very high 3

• black 7
• brown 2
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 3

• no 6
• yes 10

• never 1
• rarely 4

• never 1
• rarely 5

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

• always 1
• often 3
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 4
• flourished 2
• plain initials 1

• always 1
• normally 4
• often 2
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 6
• decorated 1
• flourished 3
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 1

• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 2

• rarely 4

• decorative final long 3
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 1