PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• France 1
• Great Britain 1
• Italy 6
• Spain 1

• Bologna 1
• Ferrara 2
• Florence 3
• France 2
• Milan 1
• Paris 1
• Siena 1
• Stirling 1
• Tarazona 1

• Manuscript 11

• choirbook 9
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1

• paper 7
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 3

• oblong 1
• upright 10

• always 3
• never 1
• none visible 7
• normally 1
• rarely 1

• black 3
• brown 8
• dark brown 2
• gold 1

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 3
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 7
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 1

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

• 1-part single page 3
• 10-part opening 1
• 19-part opening 1
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 4
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 6
• 3-part single page 5
• 4-part consecutive 2
• 4-part opening 9
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 6
• 6-part opening 2
• n/a 1

• double 1
• none 4
• single 10

• empty ruled staves on grid 10
• none 2
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 8
• not in dedicated space 6
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 4
• notation and staves extended into margin 11
• notation extended into margin 7
• partial additional staves 5
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 1

• black 6
• brown 5
• dark brown 3
• gold 1

• chant (square) 3
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 11

• absent 6
• present 6

• fair 3
• high 5
• poor 1
• very high 2

• end symbol 2
• numbers to indicate note lengths 1
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 5
• signa congruentiae 4
• signes-de-renvoi 6
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 1
• French 5
• Italian 4
• Latin 10

• fully texted with one or two texts 4
• fully texted with one text 11
• fully texted with two or more texts 1
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 3
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 5
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 4

• cursive 2
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 2
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• display script 1
• hybrida 1
• roman 1
• textura 2

• fair 3
• high 7
• very high 1

• black 6
• brown 3
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• red 2

• no 7
• yes 7

• rarely 4

• always 1
• rarely 2

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

• always 1
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• decorated 4
• historiated 1

• always 2
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 1

• calligraphic 3
• calligraphic with decoration 2
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 2
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• plain initials 2

• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 1

• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 1

• decorative final long 2
• littera notabilior 1