PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• France 2
• Germany 1
• Italy 12
• Spain 2
• Switzerland 1

• Basel 1
• Belgium 1
• Florence 8
• France 5
• Glarus, Switzerland 1
• Halberstadt 1
• Italy 2
• Italy (North) 1
• Leipzig 1
• Mantua 1
• Milan 1
• Naples 1
• Paris 2
• Rome 1
• Segovia 1
• Seville 1
• Siena 1
• Spain 2
• Switzerland 1
• Toledo 1
• Torgau 1

• Manuscript 27

• choirbook 18
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• partbooks (incomplete set) 2

• paper 22
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 4

• oblong 13
• upright 14

• always 3
• never 5
• none visible 17
• normally 1
• sometimes 1

• black 2
• brown 16
• dark brown 7
• light brown 2
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 3
• single rastrum 15
• straightedge 3
• triple rastrum 7

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

• 1-part single page 14
• 2-part opening 5
• 2-part single page 8
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 18
• 3-part single page 9
• 4-part opening 17
• 4-part single page 8
• 5-part opening 6
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 1

• none 17
• single 15
• varies 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 19
• left below voice parts as part of grid 2
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 6
• staves not ruled on grid 2
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 11
• not in dedicated space 15
• provided, in dedicated space 5

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 8
• notation and staves extended into margin 22
• notation extended into margin 13
• other 2
• partial additional staves 14
• staveline added 7
• staves extended into margin 2

• black 6
• brown 27

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 1
• void mensural 26

• absent 23
• present 4

• fair 17
• high 8
• poor 3
• very high 1

• coronae 1
• end symbol 5
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 19
• signa congruentiae 9
• signes-de-renvoi 15
• space-filler 2

• Dutch 7
• Flemish 1
• French 24
• German 3
• Italian 16
• Latin 22
• Spanish 6

• fully texted and provided with incipit 2
• fully texted with one or two texts 17
• fully texted with one text 19
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 5
• partially texted with one text 12
• provided with one or two incipits 8
• provided with single incipit 18
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 18
• varies 1

• cursive 7
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 6
• cursive (humanistic) 7
• cursive (italic) 6
• display script 2
• hybrida 5
• roman 1

• fair 15
• high 11
• poor 6

• black 7
• blue 1
• brown 24
• dark brown 2
• red 4
• yellow 1

• no 11
• yes 20

• never 2
• rarely 4

• always 1
• never 1
• rarely 2

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

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

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 5
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 3
• never 1
• normally 8
• occasionally 4
• often 4
• rarely 3
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 10
• calligraphic with decoration 8
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 8
• flourished 3
• historiated 1
• plain initials 6

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

• Guide letters only 2

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

• decorative final long 5
• end-symbol 1
• littera notabilior 1