PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 8
• France 1
• Germany 2
• Italy 7
• Spain 1
• Switzerland 1

• Basel 1
• Bologna 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 5
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Ferrara 2
• Florence 2
• France 1
• Germany (South) 1
• Halberstadt 1
• Italy 1
• Leipzig 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 8
• Milan 1
• Naples 1
• Rome 1
• Seville 1
• Spain 2
• Torgau 1

• Manuscript 23

• choirbook 19
• choirbook (single quire(s)) 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1

• paper 14
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 7

• oblong 2
• upright 21

• always 6
• never 5
• none visible 11
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 1

• black 12
• brown 9
• dark brown 3
• light brown 2

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 2
• freehand 3
• single rastrum 20
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 2

• 10 12
• 11 6
• 12 3
• 13 1
• 2 3
• 3 2
• 4 3
• 5 7
• 6 12
• 7 11
• 8 16
• 9 14

• 1-part single page 8
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 9
• 2-part single page 8
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 19
• 3-part single page 6
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 21
• 4-part single page 7
• 5-part opening 11
• 6-part opening 3
• n/a 1

• double 9
• none 10
• quintuple 1
• single 19
• triple 5
• varies 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 21
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 3
• staves not ruled on grid 9
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 14
• not in dedicated space 11
• provided, in dedicated space 7

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 23
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 20
• notation extended into margin 12
• other 3
• partial additional staves 14
• staveline added 6
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 15
• brown 11
• dark brown 1
• light brown 1

• chant (square) 4
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 23

• absent 21
• present 6

• fair 9
• high 10
• poor 4
• very high 4

• coronae 2
• end symbol 2
• none 1
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 8
• signa congruentiae 10
• signes-de-renvoi 17
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 2
• Flemish 1
• French 11
• German 3
• Italian 5
• Latin 19
• Spanish 2
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 7
• fully texted with one text 20
• fully texted with two or more texts 6
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 8
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 14
• untexted 14
• varies 1

• cursive 5
• cursive (German) 2
• cursive (bastarda) 10
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 10
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 2
• rotonda 1
• textura 3
• various 1

• fair 8
• high 10
• poor 4
• very high 5

• black 15
• blue 1
• brown 9
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 12
• yellow 1

• no 11
• yes 17

• never 2
• rarely 7

• never 1
• rarely 7

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

• always 1
• never 2
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 5

• decorated 4
• decorated with grotesque heads 2

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

• calligraphic 13
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 3
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 4
• plain initials 2

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

• Guide letters only 1

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

• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 1