PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Czech Republic 2
• France 1
• Italy 10
• Spain 1

• Belgium 1
• Catalonia 1
• Florence 9
• France 3
• Hradec Králové 2
• Italy 3
• Milan 1
• Paris 1
• Seville 1

• Manuscript 20

• choirbook 9
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• tablebook 1

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• paper (with parchment) 1
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• none visible 16
• normally 2
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

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• brown 12
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

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• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 9
• triple rastrum 9

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

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

• none 14
• single 8
• varies 2

• empty ruled staves on grid 15
• left between voice parts as part of grid 3
• none 5
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 9
• not in dedicated space 13
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 4
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 14
• notation extended into margin 10
• other 2
• partial additional staves 9
• staveline added 7
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 2
• brown 14
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• light brown 2

• chant (Central European) 1
• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 3
• void mensural 19

• absent 17
• present 3

• fair 13
• high 7
• very high 1

• coronae 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 14
• signa congruentiae 8
• signes-de-renvoi 4
• space-filler 1

• Czech 2
• Dutch 3
• French 14
• Italian 12
• Latin 13
• Spanish 3

• fully texted with one or two texts 20
• fully texted with one text 8
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 10
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 13
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 12

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• cursive (bastarda) 4
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 7
• display script 2
• hybrida 1
• roman 1

• fair 11
• high 9
• poor 4
• very high 1

• black 3
• blue 1
• brown 18
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 2

• no 5
• yes 18

• never 1
• rarely 2

• always 2
• never 1
• rarely 3

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

• always 2
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

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• historiated 1

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• normally 7
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 1

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• flourished 1
• plain initials 5

• always 1
• normally 4
• often 2
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 1

• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 4