PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 13
• Italy 12
• Italy (North) 1
• Switzerland 1

• Antwerp 1
• Basel 1
• Brussels 8
• Florence 4
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 12
• Milan 1
• Modena 1
• Naples 1
• Rome 3
• Spain 1
• Staffarda 1
• Turin 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 34

• choirbook 29
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 14
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 18
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 3
• upright 30

• always 11
• never 2
• none visible 15
• normally 2
• often 3
• sometimes 1

• black 17
• brown 13
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 2
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 3
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 30
• straightedge 3
• triple rastrum 3

• 1 1
• 10 20
• 11 9
• 12 5
• 13 2
• 2 4
• 3 5
• 4 7
• 5 7
• 6 12
• 7 15
• 8 17
• 9 21

• 1-part single page 9
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 18
• 2-part single page 7
• 3-part opening 26
• 3-part single page 9
• 4-part opening 31
• 4-part single page 10
• 5-part opening 19
• 6-part opening 7

• double 17
• none 14
• quadruple 1
• single 21
• triple 10

• empty ruled staves on grid 33
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 1
• staves not ruled 2
• staves not ruled on grid 15
• variable space, not on grid 3

• no separate text 26
• not in dedicated space 8
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 13
• notation and staves extended into margin 23
• notation extended into margin 14
• other 1
• partial additional staves 13
• staveline added 3
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 25
• brown 9
• dark brown 2
• red 5

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 33

• absent 28
• present 7

• fair 7
• high 14
• poor 1
• very high 12

• coronae 2
• end symbol 5
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 9
• signa congruentiae 23
• signes-de-renvoi 28
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 2
• Flemish 3
• French 16
• German 1
• Italian 8
• Latin 31
• Spanish 3

• fully texted and provided with incipit 2
• fully texted with one or two texts 9
• fully texted with one text 27
• fully texted with two or more texts 9
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 7
• provided with one or two incipits 6
• provided with single incipit 12
• untexted 12

• antiqua 1
• cursive 4
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 18
• cursive (humanistic) 5
• cursive (italic) 3
• display script 13
• hybrida 2
• roman 1
• textura 4

• fair 9
• high 11
• poor 4
• very high 14

• black 23
• blue 2
• brown 11
• dark brown 3
• red 20

• no 16
• yes 20

• always 1
• never 1
• rarely 14

• never 2
• occasionally 2
• rarely 15

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 4
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 2
• partial borders: one-sided 5
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 2

• never 1
• occasionally 2
• rarely 15
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 4
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• trompe l'oeil 1

• always 1
• normally 34
• occasionally 6
• often 1
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 18
• calligraphic with decoration 9
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 12
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 6
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 1

• never 9
• normally 1
• occasionally 3
• often 2
• rarely 6

• Guide letters only 1

• always 1
• never 9
• normally 4
• occasionally 4
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 2

• Voice-names 2
• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 5
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 5
• littera notabilior 2
• ornament 1