PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 3
• France 1
• Great Britain 3
• Italy 4

• Antwerp 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 2
• Eton 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 3
• France 1
• London 2
• Mechelen 2
• Naples 1
• Netherlands 1

• Manuscript 15

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 11
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2

• paper 5
• parchment 9
• parchment (with paper) 1

• oblong 3
• upright 12

• always 2
• never 2
• none visible 6
• normally 3
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 8
• brown 6
• dark brown 1
• light brown 1
• red 1

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 9
• straightedge 4
• triple rastrum 1

• 1 4
• 10 8
• 11 4
• 12 3
• 13 2
• 14 1
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 3
• 3 4
• 4 5
• 5 7
• 6 9
• 7 6
• 8 7
• 9 6

• 1-part single page 5
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 11
• 3-part single page 3
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 11
• 4-part single page 2
• 5-part consecutive 2
• 5-part opening 6
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 4
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 1
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1

• all staves indented 1
• double 4
• none 7
• quintuple 1
• single 12
• triple 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 14
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled on grid 6
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 6
• not in dedicated space 7
• provided, in dedicated space 7

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 5
• notation and staves extended into margin 11
• notation extended into margin 7
• partial additional staves 8
• staveline added 7

• black 10
• blue 1
• brown 5
• dark brown 2
• light brown 1
• red 2

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 14

• absent 13
• present 2

• fair 3
• high 7
• poor 1
• very high 6

• coronae 2
• end symbol 5
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 7
• signa congruentiae 9
• signes-de-renvoi 11
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 3
• English 2
• Flemish 1
• French 7
• Italian 3
• Latin 14
• Spanish 1
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 4
• fully texted with one text 14
• fully texted with two or more texts 3
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 5
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 8
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 8

• cursive 3
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 8
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• display script 2
• hybrida 1
• textura 3

• fair 4
• high 6
• very high 5

• black 10
• brown 4
• dark brown 1
• light brown 1
• red 6

• no 9
• yes 8

• always 1
• never 1
• rarely 5

• never 1
• rarely 5

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

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

• decorated 7
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 1
• historiated 4
• plain initials 1
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 1
• normally 4
• occasionally 4
• often 3
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 6
• calligraphic with decoration 4
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 3
• plain initials 3

• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• rarely 15

• Guide letters only 1

• never 1
• occasionally 4
• often 3
• rarely 3

• banner 2
• decorative final long 2
• diagrams 1
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 2