PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 16

• Florence 12
• Italy 1
• Milan 1
• Naples 2
• Pisa 1

• Manuscript 15
• Printed work 1

• choirbook 10
• music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony 1
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• tablebook 1

• paper 12
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 2
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 10
• upright 5

• n/a 1
• never 1
• none visible 12
• normally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 3
• brown 8
• dark brown 6
• gold 1

• double rastrum 5
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 4
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 10

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

• 1-part single page 6
• 2-part opening 2
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 10
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 11
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part opening 3

• double 1
• none 13
• single 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 9
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 7
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 5
• not in dedicated space 11
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• made for complete additional staves 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 12
• notation extended into margin 8
• partial additional staves 7
• staveline added 8
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 5
• blue 1
• brown 9
• dark brown 3
• gold 2
• light brown 2
• red 1

• full mensural 3
• void mensural 15

• absent 15
• present 1

• fair 11
• high 3
• n/a 1
• very high 1

• coronae 1
• end symbol 4
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 12
• signa congruentiae 6
• signes-de-renvoi 4
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 3
• French 10
• Italian 16
• Latin 11
• Spanish 3

• fully texted with one or two texts 12
• fully texted with one text 7
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 7
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 13
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 9

• cursive 3
• cursive (bastarda) 1
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 8
• roman 1
• rotonda 1

• fair 9
• high 3
• n/a 1
• poor 3
• very high 1

• black 3
• blue 1
• brown 11
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 2

• no 4
• yes 13

• rarely 1

• rarely 2

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

• often 1
• sometimes 1

• decorated 2

• always 1
• normally 8
• often 3
• rarely 2

• calligraphic 4
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 2
• decorated 2
• flourished 2
• littera notabilior 2
• plain initials 5

• normally 3
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 1

• occasionally 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• decorative final long 2
• embellished final barline 1
• littera notabilior 1