PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 9
• Italy 7

• Antwerp 1
• Brussels 5
• Burgundy 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 2
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 1
• Mechelen 8
• Milan 1
• Naples 1
• Rome 2
• Spain 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 25

• choirbook 21
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 1
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 9
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 14
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 1
• upright 23

• always 5
• never 2
• none visible 11
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 4

• black 12
• brown 11
• dark brown 1
• light brown 1
• red 2
• reddish brown 1

• double rastrum 2
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 22
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 2

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

• 1-part single page 9
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 10
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part opening 19
• 3-part single page 7
• 4-part opening 23
• 4-part single page 9
• 5-part opening 12
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 4

• double 12
• none 11
• single 15
• triple 7

• empty ruled staves on grid 25
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 1
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 10
• variable space, not on grid 2

• no separate text 17
• not in dedicated space 8
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 7
• notation and staves extended into margin 16
• notation extended into margin 11
• other 1
• partial additional staves 8
• staveline added 2
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 19
• brown 5
• dark brown 2
• red 3

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 24

• absent 23
• present 3

• fair 5
• high 12
• very high 8

• coronae 2
• custodes 1
• end symbol 3
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 7
• signa congruentiae 17
• signes-de-renvoi 18
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 1
• Flemish 2
• French 13
• Italian 6
• Latin 23
• Spanish 3

• fully texted with one or two texts 7
• fully texted with one text 17
• fully texted with two or more texts 8
• partially texted with one or two texts 3
• partially texted with one text 6
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 11
• untexted 10

• antiqua 1
• cursive 2
• cursive (bastarda) 14
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 9
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 2
• textura 4

• fair 4
• high 10
• poor 3
• very high 10

• black 17
• blue 3
• brown 7
• dark brown 3
• red 15

• no 11
• yes 16

• always 1
• rarely 9

• never 1
• occasionally 2
• rarely 10

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

• never 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 10
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 3
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• trompe l'oeil 1

• always 1
• normally 25
• occasionally 6
• often 1
• rarely 5
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 13
• calligraphic with decoration 8
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 10
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 6
• plain initials 3

• never 6
• normally 1
• occasionally 3
• often 2
• rarely 6

• Guide letters only 1

• always 2
• never 6
• normally 4
• occasionally 3
• often 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 2

• Voice-names 1
• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 3
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 4
• ornament 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1