PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 4
• France 3
• Italy 7
• Spain 1

• Antwerp 1
• Bourges 1
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Cognac 1
• Florence 1
• France 5
• Italy 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 3
• Naples 1
• Padua 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 3
• Savoy, France 1
• Spain 1
• Switzerland 1
• Tarazona 1

• Manuscript 23

• choirbook 22
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1

• paper 8
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 12
• parchment (with paper) 1

• oblong 2
• upright 21

• always 4
• never 1
• none visible 13
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 6
• brown 12
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 4
• red 1

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 1
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 23

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

• 1-part single page 5
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 8
• 2-part single page 2
• 3-part opening 17
• 3-part single page 4
• 4-part opening 19
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part opening 8
• 6-part opening 1

• double 7
• none 11
• quintuple 1
• single 18
• triple 2

• empty ruled staves on grid 22
• none 1
• staves not ruled on grid 4

• no separate text 8
• not in dedicated space 12
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 11
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 15
• notation extended into margin 14
• partial additional staves 7
• staveline added 6
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 10
• brown 12
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 2

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 22

• absent 22
• present 2

• fair 7
• high 11
• poor 2
• very high 6

• coronae 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 13
• signa congruentiae 12
• signes-de-renvoi 15
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 3
• French 14
• German 1
• Italian 8
• Latin 18
• Spanish 1
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 10
• fully texted with one text 20
• fully texted with two or more texts 1
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 9
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 17
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 11

• antiqua 1
• cursive 5
• cursive (Italianate) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 13
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 7
• hybrida 2
• textura 2
• various 1

• fair 7
• high 16
• poor 2
• very high 4

• black 10
• blue 4
• brown 11
• dark brown 2
• grey 1
• light brown 2
• red 9
• yellow 1

• no 14
• yes 14

• always 1
• often 1
• rarely 6

• always 2
• often 1
• rarely 7

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

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

• decorated 8
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• trompe l'oeil 1

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

• calligraphic 15
• calligraphic with decoration 4
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 7
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 3
• flourished 6
• plain initials 4

• always 1
• normally 4
• rarely 7
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 1

• normally 2
• occasionally 2
• often 3
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• banner 1
• decorative final long 5
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 1
• ornament 1