PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 1
• France 1
• Great Britain 1
• Italy 8
• Spain 3

• Belgium 1
• Florence 8
• France 4
• Italy 3
• London 1
• Mechelen 1
• Paris 1
• Seville 1
• Spain 1
• Tarazona 2

• Manuscript 23

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 9
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 2
• partbooks (complete set) 4
• partbooks (incomplete set) 5

• paper 15
• parchment 6
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 12
• upright 11

• always 3
• never 1
• none visible 15
• normally 2
• sometimes 2

• black 3
• brown 13
• dark brown 5
• light brown 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 5
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 10
• straightedge 2
• triple rastrum 7

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

• 1-part single page 15
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part opening 12
• 3-part single page 6
• 4-part opening 10
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part opening 3
• 5-part single page 1

• double 1
• none 15
• single 15
• triple 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 18
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 4
• staves not ruled on grid 2

• no separate text 10
• not in dedicated space 13
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 6
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 17
• notation extended into margin 9
• other 1
• partial additional staves 7
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 5

• black 5
• brown 14
• dark brown 4
• light brown 2
• red 1

• full mensural 1
• void mensural 22

• absent 22
• present 2

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

• coronae 1
• end symbol 2
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 16
• signa congruentiae 12
• signes-de-renvoi 10

• Dutch 4
• English 1
• French 19
• Italian 13
• Latin 16
• Spanish 7
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 23
• fully texted with one text 14
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 13
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 14
• provided with two incipits 4
• untexted 13

• cursive 2
• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 7
• cursive (humanistic) 7
• cursive (italic) 6
• display script 1
• hybrida 2
• textura 1

• fair 11
• high 10
• poor 3
• very high 1

• black 5
• brown 14
• dark brown 3
• light brown 2
• red 3

• no 3
• yes 23

• never 1
• rarely 4

• always 2
• never 1
• rarely 2

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

• always 3
• normally 1
• often 1
• rarely 3

• decorated 5
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• plain initials 1

• always 4
• normally 9
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 6
• calligraphic with decoration 5
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 4

• normally 4
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 5

• never 1
• occasionally 2
• rarely 4

• decorative final long 4
• littera notabilior 2