PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 14
• France 1
• Italy 6

• Antwerp 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 10
• Ferrara 2
• Florence 2
• France 2
• Italy (North) 1
• Mechelen 12
• Naples 1
• Netherlands 1
• Padua 1
• Savoy, France 1

• Manuscript 29

• choirbook 28
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1

• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 26
• parchment (with paper) 1

• oblong 2
• upright 27

• always 16
• never 1
• none visible 7
• normally 1
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 2

• black 22
• brown 6
• gold 2
• red 2
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 26
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 2

• 1 4
• 10 19
• 11 11
• 12 4
• 13 1
• 2 4
• 3 2
• 4 3
• 5 9
• 6 11
• 7 13
• 8 21
• 9 22

• 1-part single page 5
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 11
• 2-part single page 1
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 24
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part opening 27
• 4-part single page 2
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 19
• 5-part single page 2
• 6-part opening 6
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 1

• double 19
• none 7
• quadruple 4
• quintuple 1
• single 22
• triple 14

• empty ruled staves on grid 28
• none 4
• staves not ruled 3
• staves not ruled on grid 16
• variable space, not on grid 3

• no separate text 20
• not in dedicated space 6
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• made for complete additional staves 5
• notation and staves extended into margin 18
• notation extended into margin 9
• partial additional staves 10
• staveline added 4

• black 25
• brown 3
• dark brown 1
• gold 2
• red 4

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 29

• absent 25
• present 5

• high 1
• very high 29

• coronae 3
• custodes 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 5
• signa congruentiae 18
• signes-de-renvoi 25
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 1
• Flemish 4
• French 12
• Italian 4
• Latin 26
• Spanish 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 3
• fully texted with one text 28
• fully texted with two or more texts 12
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 3
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 8
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 7

• cursive 2
• cursive (bastarda) 22
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 17
• hybrida 1
• roman 1
• textura 4

• fair 1
• high 7
• very high 24

• black 26
• blue 2
• brown 2
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• red 19

• no 13
• yes 18

• always 1
• often 1
• rarely 22

• never 1
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 22

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 9
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 2
• partial borders: one-sided 5
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 4

• never 3
• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 5
• rarely 16
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 1
• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 8
• decorated with grotesque heads 3
• flourished 2
• historiated 2
• plain initials 1
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 1
• normally 19
• occasionally 7
• often 4
• rarely 7
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 8
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 5
• plain initials 3
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 1
• never 11
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 9
• sometimes 2

• never 14
• normally 1
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• banner 2
• decorative final long 2
• diagrams 1
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 1
• signa congruentiae 1