PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 5
• France 1
• Great Britain 2
• Italy 5

• Brussels 4
• Cognac 1
• England 1
• Ferrara 2
• Florence 2
• Italy 2
• London 1
• Mechelen 5
• Milan 1
• Venice 1
• Windsor 1

• Manuscript 15

• choirbook 12
• partbooks (incomplete set) 2
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 4
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 7
• parchment and paper (mixed) 2

• oblong 2
• upright 13

• always 5
• none visible 6
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1

• black 8
• brown 6
• gold 1
• light brown 1

• double rastrum 3
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 10
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 1

• 1 1
• 10 6
• 11 3
• 3 1
• 4 3
• 5 3
• 6 6
• 7 6
• 8 9
• 9 9

• 1-part single page 5
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 11
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 2
• 4-part opening 12
• 4-part single page 2
• 5-part opening 5
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 2

• double 5
• none 8
• quadruple 1
• single 9
• triple 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 15
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled on grid 4
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 11
• not in dedicated space 5
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• made for complete additional staves 6
• notation and staves extended into margin 11
• notation extended into margin 11
• partial additional staves 4
• staveline added 3
• staves extended into margin 1

• black 10
• brown 3
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• red 2

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 4
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 14

• absent 14
• present 1

• fair 2
• high 9
• very high 4

• coronae 1
• end symbol 2
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 6
• signa congruentiae 15
• signes-de-renvoi 8
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 2
• English 2
• Flemish 2
• French 10
• Italian 1
• Latin 11
• Spanish 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 5
• fully texted with one text 13
• fully texted with two or more texts 6
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 3
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 8
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 5

• cursive 1
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (bastarda) 6
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• display script 5
• hybrida 2
• roman 1
• textura 2

• fair 2
• high 10
• very high 4

• black 8
• brown 5
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• red 7

• no 5
• yes 11

• never 2
• rarely 6

• never 2
• rarely 7

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 2
• partial borders: one-sided 1
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 3

• never 1
• normally 4
• rarely 4
• sometimes 2

• decorated 4
• flourished 4
• plain initials 2
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 3
• normally 5
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• rarely 6
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 6
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 2
• plain initials 2

• never 2
• often 1
• rarely 5
• sometimes 1

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

• decorative final long 5
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 1