PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 4
• France 3
• Italy 16
• Spain 4

• Bourges 1
• Brussels 2
• Catalonia 1
• Cognac 1
• Ferrara 2
• Florence 11
• France 2
• Italy 3
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 4
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Segovia 1
• Seville 2
• Siena 2
• Spain 1
• Toledo 1
• Zaragoza 1

• Manuscript 35

• choirbook 30
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 2
• tablebook 1

• paper 23
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 9
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 6
• upright 28

• always 10
• never 3
• none visible 18
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 2

• black 9
• brown 17
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• reddish brown 2

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 5
• freehand 3
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 28
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 6

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

• 1-part single page 11
• 2-part opening 11
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 9
• 3-part opening 27
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 11
• 4-part opening 30
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 13
• 5-part opening 13
• 6-part opening 3
• 8-part opening 1

• double 7
• none 17
• quintuple 1
• single 25
• triple 4

• empty ruled staves on grid 33
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled on grid 5
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 19
• not in dedicated space 16
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 16
• notation and staves extended into margin 32
• notation extended into margin 35
• other 2
• partial additional staves 15
• staveline added 12
• staves extended into margin 5

• black 13
• brown 21
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• red 1

• chant (square) 5
• full mensural 4
• void mensural 34

• absent 28
• present 8

• fair 11
• high 18
• poor 1
• very high 6

• coronae 5
• end symbol 10
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 20
• signa congruentiae 24
• signes-de-renvoi 24
• space-filler 4

• Dutch 6
• Flemish 1
• French 21
• German 1
• Italian 12
• Latin 28
• Spanish 7

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 17
• fully texted with one text 29
• fully texted with two or more texts 5
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 15
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 6
• provided with single incipit 24
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 22

• cursive 9
• cursive (bastarda) 10
• cursive (humanistic) 4
• cursive (italic) 5
• display script 6
• humanistic 3
• hybrida 5
• roman 2
• rotonda 1
• textura 3

• fair 13
• high 19
• poor 4
• very high 4

• black 12
• blue 2
• brown 23
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• grey 1
• red 11
• yellow 1

• no 17
• yes 22

• never 4
• rarely 7

• always 1
• never 4
• rarely 8

• full borders 4
• partial borders: one-sided 1
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 3

• always 1
• never 1
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• decorated 5
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 3
• normally 12
• occasionally 5
• often 7
• rarely 7
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 14
• calligraphic with decoration 10
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 8
• decorated 3
• decorated with grotesque heads 4
• flourished 3
• historiated 1
• plain initials 4

• never 3
• normally 8
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 8
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 3

• always 1
• never 5
• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 6
• sometimes 1

• banner 1
• decorative final long 6
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 5
• signes-de-renvoi 1