PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 8
• France 1
• Germany 1
• Italy 11
• Netherlands 1
• Spain 1

• Belgium 1
• Brussels 6
• Ferrara 2
• Florence 5
• France 5
• Halberstadt 1
• Italy (North) 2
• Leipzig 1
• Maastricht 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 8
• Naples 3
• Paris 1
• Rome 2
• Segovia 1
• Switzerland 1
• Toledo 1
• Torgau 1

• Manuscript 30

• choirbook 26
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (fragment) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1

• paper 12
• paper (with parchment) 3
• parchment 14
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 3
• upright 27

• always 6
• never 5
• none visible 12
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• black 13
• brown 15
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 27
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 3

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

• 1-part single page 9
• 2-part opening 11
• 2-part single page 11
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 27
• 3-part single page 9
• 4-part opening 26
• 4-part single page 13
• 5-part opening 12
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 3
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 8
• none 15
• quadruple 1
• single 19
• triple 6
• varies 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 29
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 6

• no separate text 19
• not in dedicated space 13
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 10
• notation and staves extended into margin 24
• notation extended into margin 15
• other 1
• partial additional staves 12
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 18
• brown 15
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 3

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 30

• absent 25
• present 6

• fair 11
• high 11
• poor 3
• very high 8

• coronae 1
• end symbol 6
• pointers 5
• repeat signs 14
• signa congruentiae 18
• signes-de-renvoi 24
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 8
• Flemish 6
• French 30
• German 2
• Italian 13
• Latin 28
• Spanish 7
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 2
• fully texted with one or two texts 12
• fully texted with one text 25
• fully texted with two or more texts 8
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 6
• partially texted with one text 13
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 8
• provided with single incipit 21
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 20
• varies 1

• cursive 8
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 13
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 9
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 4
• roman 2
• textura 2

• fair 12
• high 14
• poor 4
• very high 6

• black 17
• blue 2
• brown 15
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 10
• yellow 1

• no 12
• yes 23

• never 3
• rarely 11

• always 1
• never 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 10

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

• always 2
• never 2
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 7
• sometimes 2

• decorated 7
• flourished 2
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 2
• never 1
• normally 14
• occasionally 5
• often 4
• rarely 7
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 11
• calligraphic with decoration 7
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 7
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 5
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 3
• plain initials 2

• always 2
• never 5
• normally 3
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• rarely 6
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 1

• never 7
• normally 2
• occasionally 4
• often 2
• rarely 2
• sometimes 4

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 5
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 1
• signa congruentiae 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1