PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 1
• France 3
• Germany 1
• Italy 16
• Italy (North) 1
• Switzerland 1

• Basel 1
• Belgium 1
• Bourges 1
• Bruges 1
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Cognac 1
• Florence 11
• France 5
• Germany (South) 1
• Italy 2
• Milan 1
• Modena 1
• Naples 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Spain 1
• Staffarda 1
• Switzerland 1
• Turin 1

• Manuscript 31

• choirbook 19
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 3
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• partbooks (incomplete set) 2
• single leaf 1

• paper 20
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 10

• oblong 15
• upright 16

• always 5
• never 1
• none visible 21
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 2
• brown 18
• dark brown 6
• light brown 4
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 1
• single rastrum 20
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 8

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

• 1-part single page 16
• 2-part opening 6
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 4
• 3-part opening 19
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 7
• 4-part opening 16
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 6
• 5-part opening 5
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part opening 2

• none 18
• quintuple 1
• single 19

• empty ruled staves on grid 21
• left below voice parts as part of grid 2
• none 6
• staves not ruled on grid 3

• no separate text 13
• not in dedicated space 16
• provided, in dedicated space 7

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 7
• notation and staves extended into margin 23
• notation extended into margin 15
• partial additional staves 12
• staveline added 8
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 5
• brown 31
• light brown 1

• full mensural 1
• void mensural 30

• absent 29
• present 3

• fair 15
• high 14
• poor 3
• very high 2

• coronae 2
• end symbol 3
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 20
• signa congruentiae 14
• signes-de-renvoi 15

• Dutch 8
• French 25
• German 3
• Italian 16
• Latin 22
• Spanish 4
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 18
• fully texted with one text 23
• 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 5
• provided with single incipit 21
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 16

• cursive 3
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 11
• cursive (humanistic) 6
• cursive (italic) 8
• display script 4
• hybrida 3
• roman 1
• textura 1

• fair 16
• high 17
• poor 2

• black 7
• blue 2
• brown 28
• dark brown 1
• light brown 1
• red 4
• yellow 1

• no 12
• yes 22

• always 2
• rarely 7

• always 1
• rarely 6

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

• always 2
• normally 5
• occasionally 1
• rarely 3

• decorated 7
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 4
• normally 9
• occasionally 2
• often 4
• rarely 4
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 10
• calligraphic with decoration 9
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 8
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 2
• historiated 1
• plain initials 5

• normally 4
• occasionally 2
• rarely 6
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 2

• occasionally 3
• often 1
• rarely 4

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 3
• littera notabilior 3