PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 2
• France 1
• Italy 21

• Brussels 2
• Ferrara 4
• Flanders 1
• Florence 13
• Glarus, Switzerland 1
• Mechelen 2
• Milan 3
• Modena 1
• Naples 1
• Paris 1

• Manuscript 27

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 22
• partbooks (complete set) 3
• tablebook 1

• paper 15
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 10
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 9
• upright 17

• always 8
• never 1
• none visible 16
• occasionally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 12
• brown 13
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• red 1

• double rastrum 6
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 18
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 9

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

• 1-part single page 5
• 2-part opening 9
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part opening 20
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 6
• 4-part opening 21
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 6
• 5-part opening 9
• 6-part opening 5
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 2

• double 4
• none 15
• quadruple 1
• single 11
• triple 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 21
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 4
• staves not ruled on grid 5
• variable space, not on grid 1

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

• made for complete additional staves 6
• notation and staves extended into margin 27
• notation extended into margin 15
• partial additional staves 11
• staveline added 8
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 15
• brown 12
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 2

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 26

• absent 22
• present 5

• fair 12
• high 10
• very high 5

• coronae 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 15
• signa congruentiae 10
• signes-de-renvoi 14

• Dutch 4
• French 13
• Italian 12
• Latin 22
• Spanish 4

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 11
• fully texted with one text 19
• fully texted with two or more texts 5
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 8
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 14
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 12

• cursive 3
• cursive (bastarda) 5
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 8
• display script 3
• hybrida 2
• roman 2
• textura 4

• fair 10
• high 9
• poor 2
• very high 6

• black 12
• blue 1
• brown 12
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 8

• no 10
• yes 17

• rarely 7

• occasionally 1
• rarely 8

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 1
• partial borders: one-sided 3
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 5

• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 5
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 1
• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 7
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 3
• zoomorphic initial 2

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

• calligraphic 10
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• decorated 1
• flourished 5
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 2
• plain initials 5

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

• Guide letters only 1

• never 2
• often 2
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 3
• embellished final barline 1
• littera notabilior 2