PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 1
• France 2
• Italy 15
• Spain 2

• Bologna 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 1
• Catalonia 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 8
• France 2
• Mechelen 1
• Milan 1
• Modena 1
• Naples 2
• Paris 1
• Rome 2
• Segovia 1
• Seville 1
• Toledo 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 23

• choirbook 17
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 2
• partbooks (complete set) 3

• paper 13
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 8
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 6
• upright 17

• never 4
• none visible 14
• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 2

• black 5
• brown 12
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 3
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 16
• triple rastrum 7

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

• 1-part single page 7
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 8
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 11
• 3-part opening 20
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 10
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 19
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 10
• 5-part opening 6
• 6-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 1

• double 1
• none 16
• quintuple 1
• single 12

• empty ruled staves on grid 19
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 5
• staves not ruled on grid 2

• no separate text 4
• not in dedicated space 23
• provided, in dedicated space 7

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 13
• notation and staves extended into margin 19
• notation extended into margin 13
• other 1
• partial additional staves 12
• staveline added 10
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 7
• brown 15
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 2

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

• absent 17
• present 8

• fair 15
• high 6
• poor 1
• very high 3

• coronae 1
• end symbol 7
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 14
• signa congruentiae 10
• signes-de-renvoi 13
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 4
• Flemish 2
• French 16
• German 1
• Italian 12
• Latin 19
• Spanish 6
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 15
• fully texted with one text 16
• fully texted with two or more texts 1
• fully texted with two texts 4
• 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 18
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 16

• cursive 6
• cursive (bastarda) 5
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• cursive (italic) 5
• display script 2
• hybrida 4
• roman 1
• rotonda 1
• textura 1

• fair 15
• high 6
• poor 3
• very high 2

• black 8
• brown 15
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 2
• yellow 1

• no 10
• yes 17

• never 2
• rarely 5

• always 1
• never 2
• rarely 6

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

• always 2
• normally 2
• often 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• decorated 6
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 1
• normally 7
• occasionally 1
• often 4
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

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

• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 4
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 1

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

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 2
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 2