PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• France 2
• Italy 11

• Cognac 1
• Florence 9
• France 1
• Italy 3
• Milan 2
• Paris 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 16

• choirbook 7
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 13
• parchment 3

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 11
• upright 4

• always 2
• none visible 13
• normally 1

• brown 10
• dark brown 5
• light brown 1

• double rastrum 5
• single rastrum 6
• triple rastrum 8

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

• 1-part single page 9
• 2-part opening 1
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part opening 8
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part opening 8
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 3
• 5-part opening 1

• none 13
• single 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 12
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 4

• no separate text 7
• not in dedicated space 9
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• made for complete additional staves 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 11
• notation extended into margin 9
• partial additional staves 4
• staveline added 3
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 1
• brown 13
• dark brown 2

• full mensural 1
• void mensural 15

• absent 16

• fair 7
• high 9

• end symbol 2
• repeat signs 10
• signa congruentiae 9
• signes-de-renvoi 3

• Dutch 3
• French 13
• Italian 10
• Latin 10
• Spanish 3

• fully texted with one or two texts 13
• fully texted with one text 6
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 5
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 11
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 7

• cursive 1
• cursive (bastarda) 3
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 6
• hybrida 2

• fair 7
• high 8
• poor 1

• brown 16
• red 1

• no 5
• yes 11

• rarely 1

• always 1
• rarely 1

• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 1

• always 1
• normally 1
• rarely 1

• decorated 2
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 3
• normally 7
• occasionally 2
• often 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 5
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• plain initials 4

• normally 3
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 2

• always 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 3

• decorative final long 4
• embellished final barline 1
• littera notabilior 1