PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 16
• Great Britain 3
• Italy 16
• Portugal 1
• Switzerland 1

• Antwerp 1
• Bruges 1
• Brussels 10
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Catalonia 1
• Coimbra 1
• Ferrara 5
• Flanders 1
• Florence 4
• France 3
• Italy (North) 2
• London 2
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 13
• Naples 3
• Padua 1
• Rome 4
• St Gall 1
• Stirling 1
• Windsor 1

• Manuscript 45

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 42
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1

• paper 15
• parchment 29
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 4
• upright 41

• always 18
• never 6
• none visible 10
• normally 5
• often 6
• rarely 1

• black 24
• brown 13
• dark brown 4
• light brown 3
• red 4
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 2
• freehand 2
• single rastrum 37
• straightedge 5
• triple rastrum 1

• 1 3
• 10 23
• 11 13
• 12 4
• 13 1
• 2 5
• 3 5
• 4 9
• 5 12
• 6 17
• 7 17
• 8 23
• 9 27

• 1-part single page 10
• 10-part opening 1
• 19-part opening 1
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 16
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 7
• 3-part consecutive 3
• 3-part opening 37
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 11
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 41
• 4-part single page 10
• 5-part consecutive 2
• 5-part opening 22
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 9
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 3

• double 23
• none 16
• quadruple 4
• single 32
• triple 14

• empty ruled staves on grid 41
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 3
• staves not ruled 3
• staves not ruled on grid 15
• variable space, not on grid 6

• no separate text 31
• not in dedicated space 13
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 16
• notation and staves extended into margin 30
• notation extended into margin 16
• other 1
• partial additional staves 19
• staveline added 6
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 35
• blue 2
• brown 10
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 4

• chant (Gothic) 1
• chant (square) 4
• full mensural 3
• void mensural 44

• absent 35
• present 11

• fair 12
• high 15
• poor 2
• very high 18

• coronae 4
• custodes 1
• end symbol 8
• numbers to indicate note lengths 1
• pointers 5
• repeat signs 12
• signa congruentiae 25
• signes-de-renvoi 45
• space-filler 3

• Dutch 6
• English 2
• Flemish 4
• French 19
• German 1
• Italian 7
• Latin 43
• Spanish 4
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 7
• fully texted with one text 40
• fully texted with two or more texts 14
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 8
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 18
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 17

• cursive 7
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 22
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 2
• display script 20
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 3
• textura 7
• various 1

• fair 15
• high 15
• poor 2
• very high 19

• black 36
• blue 3
• brown 13
• dark brown 4
• light brown 1
• red 25
• yellow 1

• no 22
• yes 26

• always 1
• never 1
• rarely 22

• never 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 21

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 3
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 2
• partial borders: one-sided 5
• partial borders: three-sided 2
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 9

• always 1
• never 2
• normally 4
• occasionally 4
• often 4
• rarely 19
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 13
• decorated with grotesque heads 4
• flourished 4
• historiated 1
• plain initials 2
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 3

• always 7
• normally 24
• occasionally 8
• often 6
• rarely 12
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 24
• calligraphic with decoration 8
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 10
• decorated 5
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 16
• plain initials 7

• always 2
• never 10
• occasionally 1
• often 5
• rarely 10
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 1

• never 11
• normally 4
• occasionally 7
• often 4
• rarely 4
• sometimes 4

• banner 1
• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 8
• diagrams 1
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 5
• littera notabilior 2
• ornament 1
• signa congruentiae 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1