PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 6
• France 3
• Germany 1
• Italy 16
• Italy (North) 1
• Spain 1

• Augsburg 1
• Belgium 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 5
• Cognac 1
• Florence 8
• France 8
• Glarus, Switzerland 1
• Italy 4
• Italy (North) 2
• Mantua 3
• Mechelen 6
• Modena 1
• Naples 2
• Padua 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 2
• Savoy, France 1
• Segovia 1
• Spain 2
• Staffarda 1
• Switzerland 1
• Toledo 1
• Turin 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 43
• Printed work 1

• choirbook 36
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 5

• paper 23
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 18
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 10
• upright 34

• always 8
• n/a 2
• never 6
• none visible 22
• normally 2
• often 2
• rarely 2
• sometimes 4

• black 10
• brown 23
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 7
• red 2
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 7
• freehand 2
• printed staves 1
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 32
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 4

• 1 1
• 10 14
• 11 5
• 12 4
• 13 1
• 2 4
• 3 1
• 4 7
• 5 7
• 6 16
• 7 14
• 8 19
• 9 14

• 1-part single page 14
• 2-part opening 17
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 13
• 3-part opening 36
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 13
• 4-part opening 34
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 15
• 5-part opening 14
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 5
• 8-part opening 1

• double 7
• none 20
• quadruple 1
• quintuple 1
• single 30
• triple 4

• empty ruled staves on grid 42
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 2
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 7

• no separate text 24
• not in dedicated space 19
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 14
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 32
• notation extended into margin 20
• other 2
• partial additional staves 13
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 7

• black 18
• brown 26
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 3

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 44

• absent 40
• present 5

• fair 19
• high 17
• n/a 1
• poor 3
• very high 9

• coronae 2
• end symbol 7
• none 1
• pointers 5
• repeat signs 21
• signa congruentiae 25
• signes-de-renvoi 28
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 8
• Flemish 5
• French 44
• German 3
• Italian 17
• Latin 35
• Spanish 9
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 2
• fully texted with one or two texts 21
• fully texted with one text 34
• fully texted with two or more texts 6
• fully texted with two texts 5
• partially texted with one or two texts 10
• partially texted with one text 20
• partially texted with two texts 2
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 11
• provided with single incipit 30
• provided with two incipits 5
• untexted 28

• cursive 10
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 19
• cursive (humanistic) 11
• cursive (italic) 2
• display script 8
• hybrida 5
• roman 2
• rotonda 1
• textura 1

• fair 19
• high 20
• n/a 1
• poor 6
• very high 7

• black 18
• blue 4
• brown 27
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 11
• yellow 1

• no 20
• yes 30

• never 1
• rarely 13

• always 2
• never 2
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 13

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 6
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: one-sided 5
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 3

• always 3
• normally 5
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 10
• sometimes 2

• decorated 13
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 5
• normally 16
• occasionally 5
• often 5
• rarely 9
• sometimes 5

• calligraphic 18
• calligraphic with decoration 11
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 12
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 5
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 5

• always 2
• never 5
• normally 6
• occasionally 3
• often 3
• rarely 8
• sometimes 6

• Guide letters only 2

• never 6
• normally 3
• occasionally 5
• often 3
• rarely 5
• sometimes 1

• Voice-names 1
• banner 1
• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 8
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 2