PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 3
• France 2
• Italy 11
• Spain 2

• Antwerp 1
• Belgium 1
• Bruges 1
• Brussels 1
• Catalonia 1
• Cognac 1
• Florence 7
• France 4
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 1
• Milan 1
• Modena 1
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Segovia 1
• Seville 1
• Spain 1
• Toledo 1

• Manuscript 26

• choirbook 21
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbooks (complete set) 3

• paper 15
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 9
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 6
• upright 20

• always 1
• never 2
• none visible 17
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 4
• brown 13
• dark brown 6
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 2
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 2
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 19
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 6

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

• 1-part single page 9
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 8
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 10
• 3-part opening 23
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 10
• 4-part opening 19
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 11
• 5-part opening 7
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 1

• double 3
• none 16
• single 17

• empty ruled staves on grid 22
• none 5
• staves not ruled on grid 4

• no separate text 3
• not in dedicated space 26
• provided, in dedicated space 6

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 10
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 20
• notation extended into margin 14
• other 2
• partial additional staves 12
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 5
• brown 19
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 2

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 3
• void mensural 25

• absent 22
• present 5

• fair 16
• high 8
• poor 1
• very high 3

• coronae 3
• end symbol 7
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 20
• signa congruentiae 15
• signes-de-renvoi 16
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 8
• Flemish 2
• French 21
• German 1
• Italian 15
• Latin 21
• Spanish 7
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 21
• 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 7
• partially texted with one text 17
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 6
• provided with single incipit 21
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 20

• cursive 7
• cursive (bastarda) 9
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 5
• display script 2
• hybrida 5
• roman 1
• textura 2

• fair 15
• high 9
• poor 4
• very high 3

• black 7
• blue 2
• brown 18
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 5
• yellow 1

• no 10
• yes 21

• always 1
• never 2
• rarely 4

• always 2
• never 2
• rarely 4

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

• always 3
• normally 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 2

• decorated 5
• historiated 1
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 1
• normally 10
• occasionally 3
• often 5
• rarely 6
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 10
• calligraphic with decoration 7
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 7
• decorated 3
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 3
• plain initials 6

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

• Guide letters only 1

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

• banner 1
• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 2
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 4