PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 1
• France 1
• Italy 15

• Bruges 1
• Florence 8
• France 2
• Italy (North) 2
• Mantua 2
• Naples 3
• Paris 1
• Pordenone 1
• Rome 1
• Siena 1

• Manuscript 18
• Printed work 2

• choirbook 14
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbooks (complete set) 3
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 11
• paper (with parchment) 3
• parchment 5
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 10
• upright 10

• always 1
• n/a 2
• never 2
• none visible 13
• normally 2
• rarely 1

• black 4
• brown 9
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• red-brown 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 12
• triple rastrum 6

• 1 1
• 10 1
• 2 1
• 3 2
• 4 3
• 5 1
• 6 9
• 7 3
• 8 5
• 9 1

• 1-part single page 8
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 6
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 9
• 3-part opening 14
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 8
• 4-part opening 15
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 11
• 5-part opening 6

• double 1
• none 15
• single 8

• empty ruled staves on grid 15
• none 6

• no separate text 8
• not in dedicated space 13
• provided, in dedicated space 3

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 6
• notation and staves extended into margin 14
• notation extended into margin 13
• partial additional staves 5
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 9
• brown 12
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• red-brown 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 19

• absent 18
• present 3

• fair 12
• high 4
• n/a 2
• very high 2

• coronae 3
• end symbol 7
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 11
• signa congruentiae 9
• signes-de-renvoi 11

• Dutch 6
• French 14
• German 1
• Italian 20
• Latin 17
• Spanish 4

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 13
• fully texted with one text 13
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 10
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 15
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 11

• Italic 1
• cursive 5
• cursive (bastarda) 2
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 4
• display script 1
• hybrida 2
• roman 1
• rotonda 2
• textura 1

• fair 14
• high 5
• n/a 2
• very high 1

• black 9
• blue 1
• brown 13
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• red 3
• red-brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 8
• yes 15

• rarely 3

• always 1
• rarely 2

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

• always 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• sometimes 1

• decorated 3

• always 2
• normally 6
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 11
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 3
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 3

• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 2

• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• banner 1
• decorative final long 3
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 1