PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 8
• Italy 8
• Spain 1

• Bruges 1
• Brussels 7
• Florence 3
• Mechelen 7
• Modena 1
• Naples 3
• Netherlands 1
• Rome 2
• Savoy, France 1
• Seville 1

• Manuscript 22

• choirbook 20
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1

• paper 11
• parchment 10
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 1
• upright 21

• always 4
• never 2
• none visible 9
• normally 2
• often 2
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• black 10
• brown 6
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 2
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 1
• single rastrum 20
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 1

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

• 1-part single page 1
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 10
• 2-part single page 9
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 20
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 7
• 4-part opening 20
• 4-part single page 7
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 11
• 6-part opening 7
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 1

• double 10
• none 11
• single 14
• triple 8

• empty ruled staves on grid 20
• none 1
• staves not ruled on grid 7
• variable space, not on grid 3

• no separate text 14
• not in dedicated space 7
• provided, in dedicated space 3

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 10
• notation and staves extended into margin 14
• notation extended into margin 11
• partial additional staves 13
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 17
• brown 6
• dark brown 1
• red 1

• chant (square) 1
• void mensural 22

• absent 18
• present 5

• fair 5
• high 12
• very high 5

• coronae 3
• end symbol 6
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 5
• signa congruentiae 11
• signes-de-renvoi 22

• Dutch 3
• Flemish 2
• French 13
• Italian 5
• Latin 22
• Spanish 6

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 4
• fully texted with one text 19
• fully texted with two or more texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 6
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 5
• provided with single incipit 11
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 12

• cursive 5
• cursive (bastarda) 9
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 7
• hybrida 3
• roman 1
• textura 3

• fair 9
• high 6
• poor 2
• very high 8

• black 16
• blue 1
• brown 7
• dark brown 2
• red 9

• no 11
• yes 12

• never 1
• rarely 4

• never 1
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 7

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

• never 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 3
• often 3
• rarely 5

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 5
• decorated with grotesque heads 5
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 1
• normally 12
• occasionally 2
• often 4
• rarely 4
• sometimes 5

• calligraphic 15
• calligraphic with decoration 7
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• flourished 8
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1

• never 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 4
• often 4
• rarely 6
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 1

• never 2
• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 5
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• Voice-names 2
• banner 3
• decorated letters 1
• diagrams 1
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 2