PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 4
• France 3
• Great Britain 3
• Italy 24
• Spain 1

• Bourges 1
• Bruges 1
• Brussels 2
• Burgundy 1
• Catalonia 1
• Cognac 1
• Eton 1
• Ferrara 6
• Florence 12
• France 2
• Italy 3
• London 2
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 3
• Modena 1
• Naples 2
• Paris 1
• Rome 2
• Seville 1
• Siena 1
• Spain 1
• Verona 1
• Windsor 1

• Manuscript 42

• choirbook 37
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (incomplete set) 2

• paper 22
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 16
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 7
• upright 35

• always 9
• never 3
• none visible 19
• normally 8
• occasionally 2
• often 1
• rarely 2

• black 13
• brown 20
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 2
• reddish brown 1

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 4
• freehand 4
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 30
• straightedge 4
• triple rastrum 7

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

• 1-part single page 12
• 2-part opening 14
• 2-part score 2
• 2-part single page 9
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 33
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 13
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 34
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 12
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 13
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 4
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 2
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• all staves indented 1
• double 4
• none 27
• quintuple 1
• single 21
• triple 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 38
• none 1
• staves not ruled on grid 7
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 19
• not in dedicated space 23
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 18
• notation and staves extended into margin 38
• notation extended into margin 42
• other 2
• partial additional staves 16
• staveline added 13
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 20
• blue 1
• brown 20
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• red 4

• chant (square) 4
• full mensural 7
• void mensural 39

• absent 31
• present 11

• fair 14
• high 23
• poor 1
• very high 5

• coronae 5
• end symbol 12
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 19
• signa congruentiae 26
• signes-de-renvoi 28
• space-filler 3

• Dutch 7
• English 2
• French 23
• German 1
• Italian 14
• Latin 34
• Spanish 6

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 14
• fully texted with one text 34
• fully texted with two or more texts 4
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 14
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 5
• provided with single incipit 26
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 22

• cursive 11
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 9
• cursive (humanistic) 5
• cursive (italic) 5
• display script 4
• humanistic 2
• hybrida 3
• roman 2
• rotonda 2
• textura 8

• fair 19
• high 22
• poor 1
• very high 4

• black 20
• blue 2
• brown 23
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• grey 1
• red 12
• yellow 1

• no 20
• yes 25

• never 2
• rarely 9

• always 1
• never 2
• occasionally 1
• rarely 11

• full borders 4
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: one-sided 1
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 7

• always 1
• never 1
• normally 6
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 1
• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 10
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 5
• historiated 1
• plain initials 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 3
• normally 16
• occasionally 6
• often 6
• rarely 10
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 21
• calligraphic with decoration 11
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 11
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 4
• flourished 10
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 6

• normally 5
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 11
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 2

• never 1
• normally 4
• occasionally 5
• often 5
• rarely 7
• sometimes 2

• Voice-names 1
• banner 2
• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 8
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 4
• littera notabilior 5
• signes-de-renvoi 1