PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 13
• France 1
• Italy 5
• Netherlands 1

• Antwerp 1
• Brussels 8
• Ferrara 2
• Florence 1
• France 3
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 12
• Naples 1
• Netherlands 1
• Paris 1
• Utrecht 1

• Manuscript 27

• choirbook 22
• choirbook (fragment) 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• poetry collection with some notated music 1
• single leaf 1

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• never 1
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• often 3
• sometimes 1

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• brown 5
• light brown 1
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• straightedge 3

• 1 2
• 10 17
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• 12 4
• 13 1
• 14 1
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• 3 3
• 4 4
• 5 8
• 6 10
• 7 12
• 8 17
• 9 18

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• 2-part consecutive 3
• 2-part opening 7
• 2-part single page 1
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• 3-part opening 16
• 3-part single page 4
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• 4-part single page 3
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 13
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 3
• 7-part opening 1

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• none 6
• quadruple 2
• single 21
• triple 11

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• none 6
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• staves not ruled on grid 14
• variable space, not on grid 3

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• not in dedicated space 5
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• made for complete additional staves 6
• notation and staves extended into margin 17
• notation extended into margin 10
• partial additional staves 7
• staveline added 2

• black 22
• brown 6
• light brown 1
• red 3

• German hufnagel 1
• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
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• present 2

• fair 4
• high 7
• poor 2
• very high 16

• coronae 3
• custodes 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 7
• signa congruentiae 17
• signes-de-renvoi 21

• Dutch 2
• Flemish 3
• French 10
• German 1
• Italian 2
• Latin 26
• Spanish 1
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 5
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• fully texted with two or more texts 9
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• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 2
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• provided with two incipits 2
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• cursive (bastarda) 19
• display script 12
• hybrida 2
• textura 6

• fair 3
• high 10
• very high 15

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• brown 4
• light brown 1
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• yes 17

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• always 1
• never 1
• occasionally 2
• rarely 19

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• sometimes 2

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• always 2
• normally 15
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• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

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• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 6
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 1

• never 10
• occasionally 1
• rarely 5

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

• Voice-names 1
• banner 1
• decorated letters 1
• diagrams 1
• embellished final barline 1
• littera notabilior 1