PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Austria 1
• Belgium 11
• Czech Republic 2
• France 4
• Germany 5
• Great Britain 7
• Italy 35
• Netherlands 1
• Silesia 3
• Spain 1
• Switzerland 4

• Antwerp 1
• Arundel 1
• Basel 4
• Belgium 1
• Bologna 2
• Bourges 1
• Bruges 2
• Brussels 8
• Burgundy 1
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Cognac 1
• England 1
• Eton 1
• Ferrara 4
• Florence 15
• Fossombrone 1
• France 5
• Germany (South) 2
• Glarus, Switzerland 1
• Halberstadt 1
• Hradec Králové 2
• Italy 4
• Italy (North) 3
• Leipzig 2
• London 4
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 8
• Milan 3
• Modena 2
• Munich 1
• Naples 1
• Netherlands 1
• Padua 1
• Paris 2
• Rheinfelden 2
• Rome 2
• Siena 1
• Spain 1
• Switzerland 1
• Torgau 1
• Utrecht 1
• Venice 3
• Vienna 1
• Zagan 3
• Zaragoza 1

• Manuscript 89
• Printed work 5

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 55
• choirbook (fragment) 2
• choirbook (single quire(s)) 1
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 2
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (fragment(s)) 1
• partbook (single) 6
• partbooks (complete set) 16
• partbooks (incomplete set) 5
• poetry collection with some notated music 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 56
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 34
• parchment (with paper) 2
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 28
• upright 65

• always 15
• n/a 5
• never 11
• none visible 49
• normally 6
• often 7
• rarely 3
• sometimes 4

• black 39
• brown 46
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 5
• red 5
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 10
• freehand 5
• printed staves 3
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 64
• straightedge 7
• triple rastrum 12

• 1 4
• 10 28
• 11 16
• 12 15
• 13 8
• 14 3
• 15 2
• 16 2
• 17 2
• 2 7
• 3 18
• 4 23
• 5 18
• 6 35
• 7 19
• 8 27
• 9 21

• 1-part single page 39
• 2-part consecutive 4
• 2-part opening 26
• 2-part single page 16
• 3-part consecutive 3
• 3-part opening 47
• 3-part single page 14
• 4-part consecutive 2
• 4-part opening 54
• 4-part single page 12
• 5-part consecutive 3
• 5-part opening 29
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 12
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 2
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1
• n/a 5

• all staves indented 1
• double 24
• none 52
• quadruple 1
• quintuple 1
• single 49
• triple 10
• varies 2

• empty ruled staves on grid 65
• left below voice parts as part of grid 5
• left between voice parts as part of grid 6
• none 18
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 15
• variable space, not on grid 7

• no separate text 63
• not in dedicated space 26
• provided, in dedicated space 17

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 21
• none 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 55
• notation extended into margin 29
• other 2
• partial additional staves 33
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 6

• black 61
• brown 38
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 7

• German hufnagel 1
• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 7
• void mensural 89

• absent 94
• present 6

• fair 40
• high 33
• n/a 5
• poor 10
• very high 12

• coronae 9
• cue notes 1
• end symbol 8
• none 3
• pointers 6
• repeat signs 25
• signa congruentiae 35
• signes-de-renvoi 34
• space-filler 1

• Czech 5
• Dutch 7
• English 1
• Flemish 4
• French 43
• German 7
• Italian 19
• Latin 80
• Spanish 6
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 24
• fully texted with one text 75
• fully texted with two or more texts 7
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 8
• partially texted with one text 28
• partially texted with two or more texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 11
• provided with single incipit 39
• provided with two incipits 4
• untexted 38
• varies 2

• antiqua 2
• cursive 20
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (German) 6
• cursive (bastarda) 26
• cursive (humanistic) 9
• cursive (italic) 8
• display script 13
• humanistic 2
• hybrida 2
• roman 3
• rotonda 5
• textura 15

• fair 36
• high 34
• n/a 5
• poor 9
• very high 15

• black 55
• blue 6
• brown 41
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 2
• red 23

• no 55
• yes 44

• always 3
• never 5
• none visible 1
• rarely 17

• always 2
• never 3
• occasionally 2
• rarely 18
• sometimes 1

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 6
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: one-sided 7
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 2
• partial borders: two-sided 7

• always 6
• never 3
• normally 5
• occasionally 3
• often 4
• rarely 14
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic with decoration 2
• decorated 20
• decorated with grotesque heads 5
• flourished 5
• historiated 6
• plain initials 2
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 3

• always 10
• never 1
• normally 31
• occasionally 8
• often 11
• rarely 12
• sometimes 8

• calligraphic 30
• calligraphic with decoration 13
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 15
• decorated 6
• decorated with grotesque heads 3
• flourished 17
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 2
• plain initials 18

• always 5
• never 5
• normally 8
• occasionally 6
• often 4
• rarely 13
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 2

• always 4
• never 6
• normally 4
• occasionally 6
• often 8
• rarely 6
• sometimes 6

• banner 3
• decorated letters 3
• decorative final long 13
• diagrams 1
• embellished final barline 3
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 6
• ornament 1
• signa congruentiae 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1