PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• France 2
• Great Britain 1
• Italy 11
• Portugal 1
• Spain 2
• Switzerland 2

• Basel 1
• Bourges 1
• Catalonia 2
• Coimbra 1
• Eton 1
• Ferrara 1
• Florence 6
• France 4
• Germany 1
• Girona 1
• Italy 4
• Milan 1
• Naples 2
• Paris 1
• Rome 2
• Seville 1
• St Gall 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 27

• choirbook 20
• choirbook (fragment) 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 3
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 19
• parchment 8

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 7
• upright 19

• always 4
• never 4
• none visible 13
• normally 5
• often 1
• rarely 1

• black 4
• brown 17
• dark brown 4
• light brown 1
• red 2
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 7
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 16
• straightedge 3
• triple rastrum 4

• 10 7
• 11 3
• 12 2
• 13 1
• 14 1
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 1
• 3 3
• 4 8
• 5 1
• 6 10
• 7 7
• 8 5
• 9 4

• 1-part single page 8
• 2-part opening 6
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part opening 20
• 3-part single page 8
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 21
• 4-part single page 9
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 6
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 2
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 2
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1

• all staves indented 1
• double 3
• none 17
• quintuple 1
• single 19

• empty ruled staves on grid 24
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• staves not ruled on grid 2
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 13
• not in dedicated space 12
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• Indentation for initials filled in 3
• made for complete additional staves 8
• none 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 17
• notation extended into margin 18
• other 1
• partial additional staves 11
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 8
• blue 1
• brown 17
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

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

• absent 23
• present 4

• fair 15
• high 14
• very high 1

• coronae 3
• end symbol 8
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 15
• signa congruentiae 16
• signes-de-renvoi 16
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 6
• French 17
• German 1
• Italian 9
• Latin 20
• Spanish 6

• fully texted with one or two texts 13
• fully texted with one text 19
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 6
• partially texted with one text 12
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 6
• provided with single incipit 17
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 17

• cursive 7
• cursive (German) 2
• cursive (bastarda) 6
• cursive (humanistic) 3
• cursive (italic) 4
• display script 2
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 4
• textura 2
• various 1

• fair 12
• high 16
• poor 4

• black 6
• brown 27
• dark brown 2
• light brown 1
• red 4
• reddish brown 1
• yellow 1

• no 12
• yes 17

• never 3
• rarely 2

• always 2
• never 3
• rarely 4

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

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

• decorated 8
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 3

• always 4
• normally 8
• occasionally 5
• often 4
• rarely 5
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 13
• calligraphic with decoration 12
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 10
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 6
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 5

• normally 7
• occasionally 1
• often 5
• rarely 6
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 3

• always 1
• occasionally 6
• often 3
• rarely 7
• sometimes 4

• banner 1
• decorative final long 11
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 5
• ornament 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1