PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 13

• Florence 13
• Italy (North) 1

• Manuscript 13

• choirbook 8
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 3
• tablebook 1

• paper 8
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 4

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 8
• upright 4

• always 2
• none visible 10
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 1
• brown 7
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 1
• triple rastrum 13

• 1 1
• 2 1
• 3 5
• 4 3
• 6 6
• 7 1
• 8 1
• 9 1

• 1-part single page 6
• 2-part opening 1
• 2-part single page 4
• 3-part opening 9
• 3-part single page 1
• 4-part opening 9
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part opening 3

• none 11
• single 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 9
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 4

• no separate text 7
• not in dedicated space 7
• provided, in dedicated space 3

• made for complete additional staves 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 12
• notation extended into margin 8
• partial additional staves 5
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 3
• brown 8
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1

• full mensural 2
• void mensural 12

• absent 13

• fair 10
• high 1
• very high 2

• coronae 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 10
• signa congruentiae 7
• signes-de-renvoi 6

• Dutch 3
• Flemish 1
• French 9
• Italian 12
• Latin 9
• Spanish 4

• fully texted with one or two texts 9
• fully texted with one text 4
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 6
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 13
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 10

• cursive 3
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• cursive (italic) 7
• roman 1
• rotonda 1

• fair 9
• high 2
• poor 2
• very high 1

• black 3
• brown 8
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 2

• no 6
• yes 8

• rarely 1

• rarely 3

• full borders 1
• partial borders: one-sided 2

• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• decorated 3

• normally 5
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 2

• calligraphic 4
• decorated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 3

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

• Guide letters only 2

• occasionally 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• decorative final long 2
• littera notabilior 1
• signa congruentiae 1