PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• France 3
• Germany 1
• Great Britain 1
• Italy 22
• Italy (North) 1
• Switzerland 1

• Basel 1
• Belgium 1
• Bourges 1
• Cognac 1
• Florence 13
• France 6
• Germany (South) 1
• Italy 2
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 1
• Milan 1
• Modena 3
• Naples 2
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Siena 1
• Spain 1
• Staffarda 1
• Stirling 1
• Turin 1

• Manuscript 37

• choirbook 27
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1
• printed treatise with added polyphony 1

• paper 27
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 9

• oblong 12
• upright 25

• always 6
• never 3
• none visible 24
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• black 4
• brown 24
• dark brown 7
• light brown 4
• reddish brown 1

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 6
• freehand 2
• single rastrum 23
• straightedge 3
• triple rastrum 10

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

• 1-part single page 14
• 10-part opening 1
• 19-part opening 1
• 2-part opening 11
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 8
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 24
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 10
• 4-part consecutive 2
• 4-part opening 24
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 10
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 9
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 5

• none 25
• quintuple 1
• single 19

• empty ruled staves on grid 27
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 6
• staves not ruled on grid 3
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 15
• not in dedicated space 20
• provided, in dedicated space 7

• made for complete additional staves 13
• notation and staves extended into margin 30
• notation extended into margin 20
• partial additional staves 14
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 6
• brown 37
• light brown 1
• red 1

• full mensural 1
• void mensural 36

• absent 32
• present 6

• fair 21
• high 14
• poor 4
• very high 2

• coronae 2
• cue notes 1
• end symbol 6
• numbers to indicate note lengths 1
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 21
• signa congruentiae 17
• signes-de-renvoi 22
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 8
• French 27
• German 3
• Italian 19
• Latin 28
• Spanish 5
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 18
• fully texted with one text 28
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 7
• partially texted with one text 12
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 7
• provided with single incipit 22
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 20

• cursive 7
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 10
• cursive (humanistic) 7
• cursive (italic) 9
• display script 2
• hybrida 3
• roman 1
• rotonda 1
• textura 3

• fair 24
• high 15
• poor 2

• black 7
• blue 1
• brown 34
• dark brown 1
• light brown 1
• red 5
• yellow 1

• no 16
• yes 24

• rarely 7

• always 1
• rarely 5

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

• always 2
• normally 5
• occasionally 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• decorated 8
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 3
• normally 12
• occasionally 4
• often 4
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 11
• calligraphic with decoration 10
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 9
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 7

• normally 5
• occasionally 3
• often 1
• rarely 7
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 2

• normally 1
• occasionally 4
• often 3
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

• Voice-names 1
• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 5
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 3