PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 3
• France 4
• Italy 15
• Spain 2

• Belgium 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 1
• Cambrai 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 8
• France 7
• Glarus, Switzerland 1
• Italy 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 3
• Milan 2
• Naples 1
• Paris 2
• Rome 1
• Seville 1
• Siena 1
• Spain 1
• Venice 1
• Verona 1
• Vic 1

• Manuscript 32

• choirbook 28
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 19
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 12

• oblong 8
• upright 24

• always 6
• never 5
• none visible 16
• normally 2
• often 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 2

• black 8
• brown 16
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 3
• red 1
• reddish brown 2

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 5
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 22
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 6

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

• 1-part single page 8
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 8
• 3-part opening 25
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 9
• 4-part opening 27
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 10
• 5-part opening 8
• 5-part single page 2
• 6-part opening 3
• n/a 1

• double 6
• none 18
• quintuple 1
• single 20
• triple 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 29
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled on grid 4
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 16
• not in dedicated space 17
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 12
• notation and staves extended into margin 32
• notation extended into margin 18
• partial additional staves 13
• staveline added 11
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 11
• brown 21
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 2

• full mensural 2
• void mensural 30

• absent 28
• present 3

• fair 15
• high 11
• poor 2
• very high 6

• coronae 2
• custodes 1
• end symbol 5
• pointers 5
• repeat signs 20
• signa congruentiae 16
• signes-de-renvoi 20
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 8
• French 21
• German 1
• Italian 14
• Latin 26
• Spanish 5
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 17
• fully texted with one text 23
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 7
• partially texted with one text 14
• partially texted with two texts 2
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 6
• provided with single incipit 21
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 21

• cursive 7
• cursive (bastarda) 13
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 3
• display script 3
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 5
• roman 1
• textura 2

• fair 14
• high 14
• poor 3
• very high 4

• black 10
• blue 1
• brown 20
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 7
• yellow 1

• no 13
• yes 21

• never 1
• rarely 9

• always 1
• never 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 9

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 3
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: one-sided 1
• partial borders: three-sided 2
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 4

• always 2
• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 6
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 10
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 1
• normally 9
• occasionally 7
• often 5
• rarely 6
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 12
• calligraphic with decoration 6
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 7
• decorated 1
• flourished 3
• plain initials 4

• never 3
• normally 7
• often 5
• rarely 7
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 2

• always 1
• never 3
• normally 1
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• decorative final long 4
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 3
• signes-de-renvoi 1