PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 37
• Spain 1

• Belgium 1
• Bologna 2
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Catalonia 1
• Ferrara 4
• Flanders 1
• Florence 19
• France 2
• Girona 1
• Italy 3
• Italy (North) 4
• Mantua 3
• Milan 1
• Modena 1
• Naples 3
• Padua 2
• Pisa 1
• Rome 2
• Siena 1
• Spain 1
• Venice 3

• Manuscript 41
• Printed work 3

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 32
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 2
• music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) with appended polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 3
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 29
• paper (with parchment) 3
• parchment 10
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 17
• upright 26

• always 7
• n/a 3
• never 7
• none visible 22
• normally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 4

• black 8
• brown 21
• dark brown 8
• gold 2
• light brown 4
• red 2
• reddish brown 2

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 8
• freehand 4
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 25
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 13

• 1 1
• 10 8
• 11 2
• 12 2
• 2 1
• 3 5
• 4 6
• 5 3
• 6 19
• 7 7
• 8 7
• 9 7

• 1-part single page 12
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 14
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 16
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 36
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 17
• 4-part consecutive 2
• 4-part opening 39
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 16
• 5-part opening 12
• 5-part single page 2
• 6-part opening 4

• double 4
• none 30
• quadruple 1
• single 18
• triple 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 34
• left between voice parts as part of grid 4
• none 8
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 23
• not in dedicated space 21
• provided, in dedicated space 10

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 13
• notation and staves extended into margin 33
• notation extended into margin 22
• partial additional staves 15
• staveline added 11
• staves extended into margin 6

• black 22
• blue 1
• brown 20
• dark brown 4
• gold 3
• light brown 2
• red 1
• reddish brown 1

• chant (square) 3
• full mensural 3
• void mensural 43

• absent 42
• present 5

• fair 27
• high 11
• n/a 3
• poor 1
• very high 3

• coronae 6
• end symbol 8
• pointers 8
• repeat signs 23
• signa congruentiae 18
• signes-de-renvoi 27
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 9
• Flemish 2
• French 27
• German 1
• Italian 26
• Latin 35
• Spanish 9

• fully texted and provided with incipit 2
• fully texted with one or two texts 18
• fully texted with one text 29
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 8
• partially texted with one text 20
• partially texted with two texts 2
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 9
• provided with single incipit 44
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 33

• Italic 1
• cursive 9
• cursive (bastarda) 4
• cursive (humanistic) 7
• cursive (italic) 12
• display script 2
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 3
• roman 2
• rotonda 3
• textura 5
• various 1

• fair 25
• high 13
• n/a 3
• poor 6
• very high 1

• black 17
• blue 3
• brown 25
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• grey 1
• light brown 1
• red 9
• reddish brown 2
• yellow 1

• no 26
• yes 23

• never 1
• often 1
• rarely 4

• never 1
• rarely 7

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

• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• decorated 7
• flourished 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 5
• normally 17
• occasionally 4
• often 5
• rarely 6
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 20
• calligraphic with decoration 7
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 2
• flourished 7
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 9

• always 3
• normally 7
• occasionally 3
• often 2
• rarely 4
• sometimes 6

• Guide letters only 3

• always 2
• normally 5
• occasionally 2
• often 5
• rarely 5
• sometimes 2

• Voice-names 1
• decorated letters 2
• decorative final long 9
• embellished final barline 2
• end-symbol 5
• littera notabilior 4
• signa congruentiae 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1