PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 8
• France 2
• Great Britain 6
• Italy 16
• Netherlands 1
• Spain 2

• Bourges 1
• Brussels 4
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 9
• France 3
• Glarus, Switzerland 1
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 1
• London 6
• Maastricht 1
• Mechelen 8
• Milan 2
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Savoy, France 1
• Seville 2
• Spain 1
• Switzerland 1
• Venice 4
• Windsor 1

• Manuscript 42
• Printed work 3

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 32
• choirbook (fragment) 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (fragment) 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 23
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 18
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 16
• upright 29

• always 8
• n/a 4
• never 10
• none visible 16
• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 4
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• black 20
• brown 18
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• red 2
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 1
• printed staves 5
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 26
• straightedge 4
• triple rastrum 6

• 1 2
• 10 14
• 11 4
• 12 2
• 2 5
• 3 8
• 4 8
• 5 15
• 6 22
• 7 14
• 8 18
• 9 14

• 1-part single page 21
• 2-part opening 11
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 7
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 31
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 10
• 4-part opening 34
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 11
• 5-part opening 15
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 4
• 7-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 14
• none 19
• quadruple 1
• quintuple 1
• single 28
• triple 7

• empty ruled staves on grid 45
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 7
• variable space, not on grid 4

• no separate text 30
• not in dedicated space 14
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 12
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 27
• notation extended into margin 19
• other 2
• partial additional staves 16
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 27
• brown 17
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 2

• chant (square) 3
• full mensural 4
• void mensural 43

• absent 40
• present 6

• fair 14
• high 18
• n/a 3
• poor 1
• very high 11

• coronae 6
• custodes 1
• end symbol 7
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 20
• signa congruentiae 23
• signes-de-renvoi 24
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 7
• English 2
• Flemish 3
• French 27
• German 2
• Italian 16
• Latin 39
• Spanish 7

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 17
• fully texted with one text 39
• fully texted with two or more texts 6
• fully texted with two texts 5
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 16
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 10
• provided with single incipit 23
• provided with two incipits 4
• untexted 23

• cursive 11
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (bastarda) 17
• cursive (humanistic) 5
• cursive (italic) 2
• display script 12
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 6
• roman 3
• rotonda 4
• textura 2

• fair 15
• high 23
• n/a 3
• poor 4
• very high 8

• black 26
• blue 2
• brown 18
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 15
• yellow 1

• no 22
• yes 28

• never 1
• rarely 14

• always 2
• never 3
• often 1
• rarely 12

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 5
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 2
• partial borders: one-sided 2
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 2
• partial borders: two-sided 3

• always 2
• never 1
• normally 6
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 10
• sometimes 2

• decorated 12
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 4
• historiated 2
• plain initials 3
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 2
• normally 16
• occasionally 5
• often 10
• rarely 10
• sometimes 5

• calligraphic 18
• calligraphic with decoration 9
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 9
• decorated 5
• decorated with grotesque heads 4
• flourished 4
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 7

• always 1
• never 4
• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 11
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 2

• always 1
• never 5
• normally 1
• occasionally 4
• often 3
• rarely 3
• sometimes 1

• banner 1
• decorative final long 6
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 3
• signa congruentiae 1