PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 30

• Bologna 7
• Ferrara 6
• Florence 6
• Italy (North) 3
• Mantua 3
• Milan 1
• Naples 4
• Padua 1
• Rome 2
• Venice 3
• Verona 1

• Manuscript 28
• Printed work 2

• choirbook 23
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 3
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 18
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 9
• parchment (with paper) 1

• oblong 7
• upright 23

• always 6
• n/a 2
• never 10
• none visible 10
• normally 2
• often 1

• black 12
• brown 6
• dark brown 2
• light brown 3
• red 4
• reddish brown 3

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 20
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 2

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

• 1-part single page 4
• 2-part consecutive 3
• 2-part opening 12
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 17
• 3-part single page 11
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 23
• 4-part single page 6
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 9
• 6-part opening 3
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• double 1
• none 30
• single 3

• empty ruled staves on grid 20
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 6
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 2

• no separate text 19
• not in dedicated space 8
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• made for complete additional staves 5
• notation and staves extended into margin 19
• notation extended into margin 14
• partial additional staves 8
• staveline added 2
• staves extended into margin 1

• black 30
• blue 1
• brown 2
• gold 1

• chant (square) 1
• not specified 1
• void mensural 29

• absent 23
• present 8

• fair 14
• high 11
• n/a 2
• very high 4

• coronae 2
• custodes 1
• end symbol 3
• none 1
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 5
• signa congruentiae 7
• signes-de-renvoi 13
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 2
• Flemish 1
• French 10
• Italian 9
• Latin 26
• Spanish 3

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 2
• fully texted with one text 22
• fully texted with two or more texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 2
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 13
• untexted 10

• antiqua 4
• cursive 4
• cursive (humanistic) 8
• cursive (italic) 3
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 1
• roman 1
• rotonda 1
• textura 8

• fair 16
• high 8
• n/a 2
• poor 2
• very high 3

• black 24
• blue 1
• brown 7
• dark brown 1
• grey 1
• red 2

• no 20
• yes 10

• rarely 5

• rarely 7

• partial borders: one-sided 2
• partial borders: two-sided 5

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

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 6
• flourished 3
• plain initials 1

• always 7
• normally 12
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 17
• calligraphic with decoration 7
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 1
• flourished 9
• littera notabilior 2
• plain initials 4

• always 2
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• always 1
• normally 3
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• sometimes 4

• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 4
• diagrams 1
• embellished final barline 3
• end-symbol 2
• signa congruentiae 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1