PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 11
• Italy 14
• Silesia 2

• Brussels 9
• Ferrara 4
• Florence 6
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 10
• Milan 1
• Modena 1
• Rome 1
• Venice 1
• Zagan 2

• Manuscript 34

• choirbook 25
• partbooks (complete set) 6
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 16
• parchment 17
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 7
• upright 26

• always 10
• never 1
• none visible 16
• often 4
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• black 19
• brown 12
• dark brown 3
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 29
• triple rastrum 5

• 1 1
• 10 18
• 11 11
• 12 5
• 13 1
• 2 2
• 3 7
• 4 8
• 5 8
• 6 12
• 7 12
• 8 14
• 9 18

• 1-part single page 13
• 2-part opening 13
• 2-part single page 6
• 3-part opening 23
• 3-part single page 7
• 4-part opening 25
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part opening 15
• 5-part single page 2
• 6-part opening 9
• 8-part opening 2

• double 16
• none 17
• quadruple 3
• single 15
• triple 11

• empty ruled staves on grid 29
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 4
• staves not ruled 2
• staves not ruled on grid 11
• variable space, not on grid 3

• no separate text 22
• not in dedicated space 11
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• made for complete additional staves 7
• notation and staves extended into margin 27
• notation extended into margin 11
• partial additional staves 10
• staveline added 2
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 23
• brown 10
• dark brown 1
• red 3

• void mensural 34

• absent 29
• present 5

• fair 10
• high 10
• very high 14

• coronae 2
• custodes 1
• end symbol 1
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 10
• signa congruentiae 16
• signes-de-renvoi 23
• space-filler 1

• Czech 2
• Dutch 1
• Flemish 3
• French 19
• German 2
• Italian 7
• Latin 30

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 8
• fully texted with one text 26
• fully texted with two or more texts 11
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 5
• partially texted with two or more texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 5
• provided with single incipit 14
• untexted 11

• cursive 4
• cursive (German) 2
• cursive (Italianate) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 16
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 6
• display script 14
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 1
• roman 1
• textura 4

• fair 8
• high 11
• poor 1
• very high 14

• black 22
• blue 3
• brown 12
• red 17

• no 10
• yes 24

• rarely 18

• never 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 15

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

• never 3
• normally 1
• often 3
• rarely 11

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 3
• decorated with grotesque heads 3
• flourished 2
• zoomorphic initial 1

• normally 34
• occasionally 7
• rarely 7
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 10
• calligraphic with decoration 6
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 5
• historiated 1
• plain initials 7

• never 8
• normally 1
• often 1
• rarely 6

• Guide letters only 1

• always 2
• never 11
• normally 1
• occasionally 3
• often 3
• rarely 1

• Voice-names 1
• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 2
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 2
• signes-de-renvoi 1