PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 2
• France 3
• Germany 1
• Italy 9
• Spain 1
• Switzerland 1

• Antwerp 1
• Basel 1
• Belgium 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 1
• Cognac 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 5
• France 4
• Freiburg 1
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 1
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 2
• Segovia 1
• Spain 2
• Toledo 1

• Manuscript 23

• choirbook 20
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbooks (complete set) 1

• paper 10
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 10
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 3
• upright 20

• always 2
• never 1
• none visible 14
• normally 3
• often 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 2

• black 4
• brown 13
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 4
• red 2

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 19
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 2

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

• 1-part single page 5
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 10
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 10
• 3-part opening 22
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 10
• 4-part opening 19
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 10
• 5-part opening 5
• 5-part single page 1
• 8-part opening 1

• double 2
• none 12
• quintuple 1
• single 18

• empty ruled staves on grid 22
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled on grid 3

• no separate text 3
• not in dedicated space 23
• provided, in dedicated space 7

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 11
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 17
• notation extended into margin 15
• other 1
• partial additional staves 8
• staveline added 8
• staves extended into margin 5

• black 8
• brown 14
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 3
• red 1

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

• absent 19
• present 5

• fair 11
• high 9
• poor 2
• very high 4

• coronae 1
• end symbol 6
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 17
• signa congruentiae 15
• signes-de-renvoi 16
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 7
• Flemish 2
• French 19
• German 2
• Italian 11
• Latin 18
• Spanish 6
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 15
• fully texted with one text 20
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 8
• partially texted with one text 15
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 2
• provided with one or two incipits 6
• provided with single incipit 20
• provided with two incipits 4
• untexted 17

• cursive 7
• cursive (bastarda) 10
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• display script 2
• hybrida 4
• roman 1
• textura 2

• fair 12
• high 9
• poor 4
• very high 3

• black 8
• blue 1
• brown 13
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 3
• red 6
• yellow 1

• no 12
• yes 17

• always 1
• never 1
• rarely 5

• always 2
• never 1
• rarely 5

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 2
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 3

• always 3
• normally 2
• rarely 3
• sometimes 2

• decorated 6
• historiated 1
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 1
• normally 8
• occasionally 2
• often 5
• rarely 5
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 11
• calligraphic with decoration 4
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 4
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 3

• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 8
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 1

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

• decorative final long 4
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 2