PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 6
• Czech Republic 1
• France 1
• Germany 1
• Great Britain 3
• Italy 7
• Portugal 1
• Silesia 3

• Bourges 1
• Brussels 4
• Catalonia 1
• Coimbra 1
• England 1
• Eton 1
• Ferrara 1
• Flanders 1
• Florence 2
• France 1
• Germany (South) 1
• Hradec Králové 1
• Italy (North) 1
• London 1
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 5
• Modena 1
• Naples 1
• Padua 1
• Rome 2
• Windsor 1
• Zagan 3

• Manuscript 26

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 21
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 3

• paper 13
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 10
• parchment and paper (mixed) 2

• oblong 4
• upright 22

• always 5
• never 2
• none visible 11
• normally 6
• often 3
• rarely 1

• black 11
• brown 11
• dark brown 3
• light brown 2
• red 2

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 2
• single rastrum 22
• straightedge 4
• triple rastrum 1

• 10 13
• 11 7
• 12 2
• 13 1
• 14 1
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 2
• 3 1
• 4 6
• 5 8
• 6 13
• 7 12
• 8 13
• 9 13

• 1-part single page 8
• 2-part opening 11
• 2-part single page 7
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 18
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 5
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 21
• 4-part single page 6
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 10
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 5
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 2
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1

• all staves indented 1
• double 8
• none 12
• quadruple 2
• quintuple 1
• single 17
• triple 5
• varies 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 25
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 1
• staves not ruled on grid 8
• variable space, not on grid 3

• no separate text 14
• not in dedicated space 13
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 26
• notation and staves extended into margin 21
• notation extended into margin 10
• other 2
• partial additional staves 15
• staveline added 6
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 19
• brown 9
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 4

• chant (Gothic) 1
• chant (square) 3
• full mensural 4
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 24

• absent 19
• present 8

• fair 12
• high 13
• poor 1
• very high 3

• coronae 2
• end symbol 6
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 7
• signa congruentiae 11
• signes-de-renvoi 16
• space-filler 1

• Czech 4
• Dutch 3
• English 2
• Flemish 2
• French 12
• German 5
• Italian 2
• Latin 24
• Spanish 1
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 6
• fully texted with one text 24
• fully texted with two or more texts 7
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 6
• partially texted with two or more texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 12
• untexted 13

• cursive 4
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (German) 3
• cursive (bastarda) 9
• cursive (italic) 2
• display script 11
• hybrida 1
• textura 5
• various 1

• fair 15
• high 13
• very high 4

• black 20
• blue 1
• brown 10
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 16
• yellow 1

• no 13
• yes 17

• never 2
• rarely 10

• never 3
• rarely 7

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

• always 1
• never 1
• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 1
• rarely 7
• sometimes 1

• decorated 8
• decorated with grotesque heads 3
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• plain initials 2
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 3
• normally 12
• occasionally 6
• often 3
• rarely 5
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 16
• calligraphic with decoration 6
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 9
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 10

• always 2
• never 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 10
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 1

• never 2
• normally 4
• occasionally 3
• often 3
• rarely 3
• sometimes 3

• banner 1
• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 7
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 4
• littera notabilior 2