PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 2
• France 1
• Italy 17

• Bruges 1
• Brussels 1
• Ferrara 6
• Florence 10
• France 3
• Italy 2
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Spain 1

• Manuscript 26

• choirbook 24
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 12
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 12
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 4
• upright 21

• always 7
• none visible 14
• normally 2
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• black 9
• brown 13
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 21
• triple rastrum 5

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

• 1-part single page 6
• 2-part opening 10
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 6
• 3-part opening 22
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 10
• 4-part opening 22
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 8
• 5-part opening 5
• 6-part opening 2
• 8-part opening 1

• double 5
• none 14
• single 13
• triple 2

• empty ruled staves on grid 25
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 1
• staves not ruled on grid 3

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

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 5
• notation and staves extended into margin 25
• notation extended into margin 26
• partial additional staves 7
• staveline added 8
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 12
• brown 12
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• red 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 25

• absent 23
• present 3

• fair 7
• high 13
• poor 1
• very high 5

• coronae 2
• end symbol 4
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 17
• signa congruentiae 16
• signes-de-renvoi 19

• Dutch 6
• French 18
• Italian 12
• Latin 22
• Spanish 5

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 13
• fully texted with one text 19
• fully texted with two or more texts 4
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 6
• partially texted with one text 13
• partially texted with two texts 2
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 6
• provided with single incipit 20
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 17

• cursive 7
• cursive (Italianate) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 6
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 3
• display script 2
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 2
• roman 2
• textura 5

• fair 7
• high 14
• poor 2
• very high 4

• black 11
• blue 2
• brown 13
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• grey 1
• red 6

• no 11
• yes 17

• never 1
• rarely 8

• always 1
• never 1
• rarely 9

• full borders 2
• partial borders: one-sided 1
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 6

• always 1
• never 1
• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 7
• flourished 3
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 2
• normally 11
• occasionally 2
• often 4
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

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

• never 1
• normally 5
• often 1
• rarely 4
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 2

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

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