PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 4
• France 2
• Italy 12
• Spain 2

• Bruges 1
• Brussels 2
• Cognac 1
• Florence 8
• France 4
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 1
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 3
• Milan 1
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Tarazona 1
• Venice 1
• Zaragoza 1

• Manuscript 27

• choirbook 23
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (incomplete set) 2
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1

• paper 12
• paper (with parchment) 2
• parchment 13

• oblong 6
• upright 21

• always 7
• never 3
• none visible 14
• normally 2
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 8
• brown 11
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 2

• double rastrum 3
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 20
• triple rastrum 5

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

• 1-part single page 6
• 2-part opening 6
• 2-part single page 5
• 3-part opening 21
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 6
• 4-part opening 22
• 4-part single page 7
• 5-part opening 14
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 4
• 7-part opening 1

• double 7
• none 15
• quadruple 1
• single 16
• triple 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 27
• none 2
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 4
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 18
• not in dedicated space 11
• provided, in dedicated space 1

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 2
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 22
• notation extended into margin 16
• partial additional staves 6
• staveline added 5
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 14
• brown 12
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 3

• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 26

• absent 25
• present 3

• fair 9
• high 13
• very high 7

• coronae 4
• custodes 1
• end symbol 6
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 17
• signa congruentiae 19
• signes-de-renvoi 18
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 7
• French 19
• German 1
• Italian 11
• Latin 23
• Spanish 5

• fully texted and provided with incipit 2
• fully texted with one or two texts 14
• fully texted with one text 22
• fully texted with two or more texts 4
• fully texted with two texts 3
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 12
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 16
• provided with two incipits 5
• untexted 16

• cursive 6
• cursive (bastarda) 10
• cursive (humanistic) 6
• cursive (italic) 2
• display script 5
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 5
• roman 2

• fair 11
• high 14
• poor 1
• very high 6

• black 14
• blue 1
• brown 13
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 9
• yellow 1

• no 13
• yes 18

• never 1
• rarely 9

• always 2
• never 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 8

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

• always 2
• never 1
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• rarely 7
• sometimes 2

• decorated 9
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 2
• normally 11
• occasionally 4
• often 3
• rarely 7
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 10
• calligraphic with decoration 6
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1

• never 5
• normally 4
• often 3
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

• Guide letters only 2

• always 2
• never 5
• normally 2
• occasionally 3
• often 2
• rarely 3

• banner 2
• decorative final long 6
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 1