PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 1
• France 2
• Great Britain 4
• Italy 16

• Brussels 1
• Cognac 1
• Ferrara 4
• Florence 10
• France 2
• Italy 3
• London 4
• Mechelen 1
• Milan 2
• Paris 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 27

• choirbook 14
• partbooks (complete set) 8
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 17
• parchment 9
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 15
• upright 11

• always 6
• never 5
• none visible 15
• normally 1

• black 10
• brown 10
• dark brown 5
• light brown 2

• double rastrum 5
• printed staves 4
• single rastrum 13
• triple rastrum 8

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

• 1-part single page 13
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part opening 14
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 6
• 4-part opening 13
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part opening 2
• 6-part opening 2
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 5
• none 18
• single 7
• triple 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 22
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 4
• staves not ruled on grid 2
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 14
• not in dedicated space 12
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• made for complete additional staves 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 17
• notation extended into margin 14
• partial additional staves 5
• staveline added 3
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 11
• brown 14
• dark brown 2
• light brown 1
• red 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 26

• absent 24
• present 3

• fair 13
• high 11
• poor 1
• very high 3

• end symbol 2
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 15
• signa congruentiae 13
• signes-de-renvoi 8
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 4
• French 15
• Italian 11
• Latin 20
• Spanish 3
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 14
• fully texted with one text 17
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 6
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 14
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 9

• cursive 5
• cursive (bastarda) 5
• cursive (humanistic) 5
• cursive (italic) 6
• display script 1
• hybrida 2
• textura 4

• fair 12
• high 11
• poor 1
• very high 3

• black 9
• blue 1
• brown 16
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 3

• no 8
• yes 19

• rarely 7

• always 1
• rarely 7

• full borders 1
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 6

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

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 6
• flourished 3
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 4
• normally 12
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 4
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 8
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 4
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 3
• plain initials 8

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

• Guide letters only 2

• always 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 4

• decorative final long 4
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 1