PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 7
• France 1
• Great Britain 4
• Italy 6

• Antwerp 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 5
• Eton 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 4
• France 1
• London 3
• Mechelen 5
• Naples 2
• Netherlands 1
• Rome 1
• Spain 1
• Windsor 1

• Manuscript 24

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 20
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2

• paper 9
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 11
• parchment (with paper) 2
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 3
• upright 21

• always 3
• never 3
• none visible 11
• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 13
• brown 8
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 1

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 16
• straightedge 7
• triple rastrum 2

• 1 5
• 10 15
• 11 9
• 12 3
• 13 2
• 14 1
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 4
• 3 6
• 4 7
• 5 13
• 6 15
• 7 13
• 8 14
• 9 13

• 1-part single page 7
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 9
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 20
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 20
• 4-part single page 4
• 5-part consecutive 2
• 5-part opening 10
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 5
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 1
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1

• all staves indented 1
• double 9
• none 9
• quadruple 2
• quintuple 1
• single 20
• triple 8

• empty ruled staves on grid 23
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled on grid 11
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 13
• not in dedicated space 9
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 12
• notation and staves extended into margin 19
• notation extended into margin 12
• other 1
• partial additional staves 13
• staveline added 8
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 17
• blue 1
• brown 8
• dark brown 2
• light brown 1
• red 4

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 4
• void mensural 22

• absent 21
• present 3

• fair 6
• high 10
• poor 1
• very high 9

• coronae 2
• end symbol 8
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 10
• signa congruentiae 16
• signes-de-renvoi 19
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 4
• English 3
• Flemish 1
• French 12
• German 1
• Italian 5
• Latin 20
• Spanish 2
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 6
• fully texted with one text 22
• fully texted with two or more texts 5
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 7
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 11
• provided with two incipits 1
• untexted 13

• cursive 3
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (bastarda) 13
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 8
• hybrida 3
• textura 4

• fair 7
• high 11
• poor 1
• very high 7

• black 17
• brown 6
• dark brown 3
• light brown 1
• red 15
• yellow 1

• no 14
• yes 13

• always 1
• never 2
• rarely 8

• never 2
• rarely 8

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

• always 1
• never 4
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 6
• sometimes 1

• decorated 7
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 2
• historiated 4
• plain initials 2
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 1
• normally 10
• occasionally 7
• often 5
• rarely 7
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 9
• calligraphic with decoration 6
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 7
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 3
• plain initials 4

• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• rarely 24
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 2

• never 5
• normally 1
• occasionally 4
• often 5
• rarely 3

• banner 2
• decorative final long 4
• diagrams 1
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 2