PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 19

• Florence 17
• Italy 3
• Italy (North) 2
• Mantua 1
• Milan 1

• Manuscript 23

• choirbook 13
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• tablebook 1

• paper 15
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 5
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 14
• upright 8

• none visible 23
• rarely 1

• black 2
• brown 13
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• red 2

• double rastrum 9
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 8
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 13

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

• 1-part single page 13
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part opening 13
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part opening 14
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 6
• 5-part opening 5
• 6-part opening 1

• none 19
• single 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 17
• left between voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 5
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 11
• not in dedicated space 12
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• made for complete additional staves 4
• notation and staves extended into margin 19
• notation extended into margin 14
• partial additional staves 7
• staveline added 7
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 4
• brown 17
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 22

• absent 22
• present 1

• fair 11
• high 11
• very high 1

• coronae 2
• end symbol 4
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 15
• signa congruentiae 11
• signes-de-renvoi 6

• Dutch 4
• French 15
• Italian 15
• Latin 16
• Spanish 2

• fully texted and provided with incipit 2
• fully texted with one or two texts 17
• fully texted with one text 12
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 2
• partially texted with one text 11
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 16
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 16

• cursive 1
• cursive (bastarda) 2
• cursive (humanistic) 8
• cursive (italic) 10
• hybrida 1
• roman 2
• rotonda 1
• textura 2

• fair 10
• high 12
• poor 2
• very high 1

• black 4
• blue 2
• brown 17
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 4

• no 10
• yes 15

• rarely 2

• rarely 4

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

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

• decorated 5
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 3
• normally 11
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 5
• calligraphic with decoration 8
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• plain initials 4

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

• Guide letters only 1

• always 1
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 4

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 3