PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 3
• Great Britain 2
• Italy 8
• Portugal 1
• Spain 2

• Antwerp 1
• Bologna 1
• Brussels 2
• Coimbra 1
• Florence 3
• Italy 1
• London 2
• Mechelen 2
• Modena 2
• Naples 2
• Rome 1
• Seville 2
• Spain 1
• Switzerland 1

• Manuscript 20

• choirbook 14
• choirbook (fragment) 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbooks (complete set) 2
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1

• paper 15
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 4

• oblong 5
• upright 15

• always 3
• never 5
• none visible 11
• normally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1

• black 9
• brown 6
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 3
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 3
• freehand 1
• printed staves 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 15
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 1

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

• 1-part single page 6
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 7
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 12
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part opening 15
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 3
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 7
• 6-part opening 2
• 7-part opening 2
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 8
• none 10
• quadruple 1
• single 11
• triple 4

• empty ruled staves on grid 19
• none 4
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 2
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 13
• not in dedicated space 7
• provided, in dedicated space 3

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 7
• notation and staves extended into margin 9
• notation extended into margin 8
• other 1
• partial additional staves 9
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 12
• blue 1
• brown 8
• dark brown 2
• gold 2

• chant (Gothic) 1
• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 20

• absent 16
• present 5

• fair 9
• high 6
• poor 1
• very high 4

• coronae 2
• cue notes 1
• end symbol 6
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 6
• signa congruentiae 5
• signes-de-renvoi 12
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 3
• French 8
• German 1
• Italian 5
• Latin 19
• Spanish 2

• fully texted with one or two texts 4
• fully texted with one text 20
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 6
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 8
• untexted 10

• antiqua 1
• cursive 5
• cursive (bastarda) 5
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 5
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 3
• roman 1
• rotonda 1
• textura 4
• various 1

• fair 9
• high 9
• poor 3
• very high 4

• black 12
• blue 1
• brown 9
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• red 6
• yellow 1

• no 14
• yes 9

• always 1
• never 1
• rarely 3

• never 2
• rarely 2

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

• never 1
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 3

• decorated 4
• historiated 2
• plain initials 1
• trompe l'oeil 1

• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 20
• rarely 5
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 15
• calligraphic with decoration 6
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 2
• decorated 5
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 6
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 5

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

• Guide letters only 1

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

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 5
• diagrams 1
• embellished final barline 1
• littera notabilior 3