PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 16

• Bologna 1
• Florence 12
• Italy (North) 2
• Mantua 1
• Modena 1
• Padua 2

• Manuscript 17

• choirbook 10
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 15
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 11
• upright 5

• always 1
• never 3
• none visible 11
• normally 1
• occasionally 1

• black 3
• brown 8
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• light brown 1

• double rastrum 6
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 7
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 9

• 10 5
• 11 2
• 2 1
• 3 6
• 4 4
• 5 2
• 6 4

• 1-part single page 7
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 3
• 2-part single page 1
• 3-part opening 10
• 3-part single page 1
• 4-part opening 11
• 4-part single page 2
• 5-part opening 4
• 6-part opening 3

• double 1
• none 15
• single 4

• empty ruled staves on grid 8
• left between voice parts as part of grid 5
• none 4
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 9
• not in dedicated space 7
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• made for complete additional staves 4
• notation and staves extended into margin 12
• notation extended into margin 9
• partial additional staves 7
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 1

• black 5
• blue 1
• brown 10
• dark brown 2
• gold 2
• light brown 1
• red 1

• full mensural 1
• void mensural 16

• absent 16
• present 1

• fair 14
• high 4
• very high 1

• coronae 2
• end symbol 2
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 9
• signa congruentiae 5
• signes-de-renvoi 6
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 2
• Flemish 1
• French 9
• Italian 12
• Latin 12
• Spanish 2

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 8
• fully texted with one text 11
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 7
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 12
• untexted 8

• cursive (humanistic) 2
• cursive (italic) 17
• roman 1
• textura 1

• fair 12
• high 3
• poor 4

• black 5
• brown 12
• dark brown 1
• light brown 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• no 9
• yes 8

• often 1
• rarely 1

• rarely 2

• partial borders: one-sided 2

• often 1
• rarely 1

• decorated 2

• always 3
• normally 8
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 6
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 2
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• plain initials 7

• always 1
• normally 3
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 1

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

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 3
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 1