PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 2
• France 3
• Italy 12
• Spain 1

• Belgium 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 2
• Cognac 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 9
• France 10
• Italy 2
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 2
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Savoy, France 1
• Seville 1
• Spain 1

• Manuscript 31

• choirbook 26
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 2
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1

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• sometimes 3

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• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
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• triple rastrum 5

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

• 1-part single page 9
• 2-part opening 9
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 6
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 27
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 8
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 23
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 9
• 5-part opening 6
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 1

• double 4
• none 17
• quintuple 1
• single 22
• triple 1

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• none 3
• staves not ruled on grid 3

• no separate text 9
• not in dedicated space 19
• provided, in dedicated space 9

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 9
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 21
• notation extended into margin 18
• partial additional staves 11
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 8
• blue 1
• brown 23
• dark brown 2
• gold 2
• light brown 2
• red 1

• full mensural 2
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• absent 30
• present 1

• fair 14
• high 12
• poor 2
• very high 7

• end symbol 5
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 20
• signa congruentiae 15
• signes-de-renvoi 19
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 9
• Flemish 1
• French 31
• German 1
• Italian 14
• Latin 25
• Spanish 5
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 18
• fully texted with one text 24
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 5
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• partially texted with two texts 2
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 7
• provided with single incipit 25
• provided with two incipits 5
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• cursive (bastarda) 17
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• cursive (italic) 4
• display script 3
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 4
• roman 1

• fair 13
• high 15
• poor 4
• very high 5

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• blue 2
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• yes 22

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• sometimes 3

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• normally 9
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• often 6
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• sometimes 3

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• zoomorphic initial 1

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• normally 5
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 7
• sometimes 7

• Guide letters only 2

• never 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 5
• often 3
• rarely 2

• banner 1
• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 2
• signes-de-renvoi 1