PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 1
• Germany 1
• Great Britain 2
• Italy 5
• Netherlands 1
• Switzerland 1

• Austria 1
• Basel 1
• Brussels 1
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Florence 1
• Germany 1
• Germany (South) 1
• Italy (North) 1
• London 2
• Maastricht 1
• Mechelen 1
• Modena 2
• Rome 1

• Manuscript 13

• choirbook 7
• choirbook (single quire(s)) 1
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (fragment) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 2
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 12
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 3
• upright 10

• never 5
• none visible 8
• often 1

• black 5
• brown 8

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 1
• printed staves 2
• single rastrum 10
• straightedge 1

• 10 6
• 11 1
• 12 2
• 3 3
• 5 3
• 6 2
• 7 3
• 8 4
• 9 4

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

• double 4
• none 8
• single 4
• triple 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 13
• staves not ruled on grid 1
• variable space, not on grid 3

• no separate text 13
• not in dedicated space 1

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 6
• notation and staves extended into margin 5
• notation extended into margin 3
• other 1
• partial additional staves 3
• staveline added 1
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 8
• brown 6

• chant (square) 1
• void mensural 13

• absent 10
• present 4

• fair 6
• high 5
• poor 2
• very poor 1

• coronae 1
• none 1
• repeat signs 1
• signa congruentiae 3
• signes-de-renvoi 5

• Dutch 1
• French 3
• Italian 2
• Latin 13
• Spanish 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 1
• fully texted with one text 13
• fully texted with two or more texts 1
• partially texted with one text 3
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 1
• provided with single incipit 3
• untexted 4

• cursive 4
• cursive (German) 2
• cursive (bastarda) 1
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 2
• display script 1
• roman 1
• textura 4

• fair 7
• high 3
• poor 3
• very high 1
• very poor 1

• black 7
• brown 8
• red 1

• no 11
• yes 4

• never 1
• rarely 1

• never 1

• occasionally 1
• rarely 1

• decorated with grotesque heads 1

• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 1
• sometimes 13

• calligraphic 8
• calligraphic with decoration 1
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 1
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 4
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 4
• plain initials 5

• occasionally 2
• often 5
• sometimes 2

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

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