PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 9
• France 1
• Italy 9
• Netherlands 1

• Brussels 8
• Cognac 1
• Ferrara 5
• Florence 2
• Mechelen 9
• Padua 1
• Siena 2
• Utrecht 1

• Manuscript 23

• choirbook 21
• choirbook (single quire(s)) 1
• poetry collection with some notated music 1

• paper 5
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 16
• parchment (with paper) 1

• oblong 2
• upright 21

• always 23
• never 1
• often 1

• black 17
• brown 5
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1

• double and single rastra 1
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 21
• triple rastrum 1

• 1 1
• 10 12
• 11 6
• 12 3
• 13 1
• 2 2
• 3 1
• 4 3
• 5 4
• 6 9
• 7 9
• 8 10
• 9 16

• 1-part single page 4
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 11
• 2-part single page 4
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 16
• 3-part single page 3
• 4-part opening 20
• 4-part single page 2
• 5-part opening 8
• 6-part opening 4
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 1

• double 11
• none 6
• quadruple 2
• single 17
• triple 8

• empty ruled staves on grid 21
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 2
• staves not ruled 3
• staves not ruled on grid 8
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 17
• not in dedicated space 5
• provided, in dedicated space 3

• made for complete additional staves 5
• notation and staves extended into margin 18
• notation extended into margin 11
• partial additional staves 6
• staveline added 1

• black 20
• brown 5
• gold 1
• red 2

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

• absent 18
• present 7

• fair 5
• high 5
• poor 2
• very high 12

• end symbol 2
• none 1
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 3
• signa congruentiae 12
• signes-de-renvoi 17
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 1
• Flemish 2
• French 7
• German 1
• Italian 2
• Latin 19
• Spanish 1

• fully texted with one text 22
• fully texted with two or more texts 10
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 5
• untexted 2

• cursive 2
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 12
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 10
• textura 7

• fair 4
• high 9
• poor 1
• very high 11

• black 19
• blue 1
• brown 5
• red 12

• no 12
• yes 13

• never 2
• often 1
• rarely 14

• never 2
• occasionally 1
• rarely 13

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 2
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: one-sided 5
• partial borders: two-sided 6

• always 1
• never 2
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 3
• rarely 9

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 5
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 3
• plain initials 2

• always 3
• normally 13
• occasionally 5
• often 1
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 11
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 1
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 7

• never 8
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 3

• Guide letters only 1

• never 9
• normally 2
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

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