PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• France 2
• Germany 4
• Great Britain 4
• Italy 9
• Silesia 3
• Switzerland 1

• Augsburg 1
• Belgium 1
• Bourges 1
• England 1
• Florence 7
• France 3
• Germany (South) 1
• Halberstadt 1
• Leipzig 2
• London 2
• Padua 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Spain 1
• St Gall 1
• Stirling 1
• Torgau 1
• Windsor 1
• Wittenberg 1
• Zagan 3

• Manuscript 27

• choirbook 18
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• tablebook 1

• paper 15
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 7
• parchment and paper (mixed) 3

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 10
• upright 16

• always 3
• never 4
• none visible 14
• normally 5
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 5
• brown 27
• gold 1

• double rastrum 3
• freehand 2
• single rastrum 17
• straightedge 8
• triple rastrum 4

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

• 1-part single page 12
• 10-part opening 1
• 19-part opening 1
• 2-part opening 6
• 2-part score 2
• 2-part single page 7
• 3-part consecutive 4
• 3-part opening 15
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 9
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 21
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 6
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 7
• 5-part single page 2
• 6-part opening 3
• n/a 2

• double 1
• none 14
• quintuple 1
• single 19
• triple 1
• varies 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 23
• left below voice parts as part of grid 3
• left between voice parts as part of grid 5
• none 5
• staves not ruled on grid 3
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 14
• not in dedicated space 13
• provided, in dedicated space 9

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 11
• notation and staves extended into margin 22
• notation extended into margin 10
• other 3
• partial additional staves 17
• staveline added 7
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 14
• blue 1
• brown 15
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 2

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 5
• strene notation 1
• void mensural 24

• absent 24
• present 6

• fair 17
• high 8
• poor 4
• very high 3

• coronae 2
• end symbol 4
• none 2
• numbers to indicate note lengths 1
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 13
• signa congruentiae 12
• signes-de-renvoi 10

• Czech 3
• Dutch 2
• English 3
• French 16
• German 6
• Italian 12
• Latin 23
• Spanish 3

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 13
• fully texted with one text 20
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 13
• partially texted with two or more texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 6
• provided with single incipit 19
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 19
• varies 2

• antiqua 1
• cursive 4
• cursive (Anglicana) 3
• cursive (German) 6
• cursive (bastarda) 6
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 6
• hybrida 2
• roman 1
• textura 3

• fair 15
• high 8
• poor 5
• very high 1

• black 14
• brown 13
• dark brown 4
• light brown 1
• red 5

• no 15
• yes 17

• never 3
• often 1
• rarely 5

• always 1
• never 2
• rarely 4

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

• always 1
• never 2
• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 1

• decorated 6
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• plain initials 2

• always 5
• never 2
• normally 9
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 7
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 11
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 5
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 3
• historiated 1
• plain initials 9

• always 3
• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 6
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 1

• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• rarely 3
• sometimes 2

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