PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 24

• Ferrara 1
• Florence 24
• Italy (North) 1

• Manuscript 24

• choirbook 16
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• tablebook 1

• paper 15
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 6
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 13
• upright 10

• always 3
• never 2
• none visible 17
• normally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 3
• brown 12
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 7
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 8
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 15

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

• 1-part single page 10
• 2-part opening 4
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 6
• 3-part opening 15
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 3
• 4-part opening 17
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 6
• 5-part opening 4
• 6-part opening 1

• double 1
• none 18
• single 8

• empty ruled staves on grid 16
• left between voice parts as part of grid 3
• none 6
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 13
• 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 16
• partial additional staves 8
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 9
• blue 1
• brown 14
• dark brown 2
• gold 2
• light brown 1
• red 2

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 23

• absent 23
• present 1

• fair 13
• high 10
• very high 2

• coronae 2
• end symbol 6
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 16
• signa congruentiae 11
• signes-de-renvoi 10
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 5
• Flemish 1
• French 15
• Italian 18
• Latin 19
• Spanish 5

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 13
• fully texted with one text 14
• fully texted with two or more texts 1
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 11
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 19
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 17

• cursive 3
• cursive (bastarda) 2
• cursive (humanistic) 6
• cursive (italic) 12
• hybrida 1
• roman 2
• rotonda 1
• textura 2

• fair 13
• high 9
• poor 3
• very high 1

• black 6
• blue 1
• brown 15
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 5

• no 13
• yes 14

• 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 9
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 9
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 3
• decorated 2
• flourished 3
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 5

• always 1
• normally 5
• occasionally 1
• rarely 4
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 2

• occasionally 2
• often 1
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 2
• signa congruentiae 1