PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 46

• Bologna 2
• Casale Monferrato 1
• Ferrara 7
• Florence 17
• Fossombrone 2
• Italy (North) 2
• Mantua 2
• Milan 3
• Modena 3
• Naples 4
• Padua 1
• Rome 4
• Siena 2
• Venice 4

• Manuscript 42
• Printed work 4

• choirbook 32
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 3
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 8
• polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 33
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 11
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 12
• upright 33

• always 9
• n/a 4
• never 6
• none visible 25
• normally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 15
• brown 23
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 2
• reddish brown 2

• double and single rastra 1
• double rastrum 8
• freehand 3
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 27
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 11

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

• 1-part single page 14
• 2-part consecutive 3
• 2-part opening 17
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 10
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 26
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 13
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 33
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 11
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 13
• 6-part opening 5
• 8-part opening 1
• n/a 2

• double 6
• none 30
• single 17

• empty ruled staves on grid 34
• left between voice parts as part of grid 3
• none 7
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 30
• not in dedicated space 17
• provided, in dedicated space 4

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 10
• notation and staves extended into margin 31
• notation extended into margin 21
• partial additional staves 12
• staveline added 7
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 29
• brown 20
• dark brown 1
• gold 1
• red 1

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 3
• void mensural 44

• absent 40
• present 7

• fair 23
• high 15
• n/a 4
• very high 5

• coronae 5
• cue notes 1
• end symbol 5
• pointers 5
• repeat signs 15
• signa congruentiae 18
• signes-de-renvoi 20
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 3
• Flemish 1
• French 20
• German 1
• Italian 17
• Latin 42
• Spanish 5

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 13
• fully texted with one text 32
• fully texted with two or more texts 2
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 11
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 6
• provided with single incipit 23
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 18

• antiqua 2
• cursive 6
• cursive (bastarda) 4
• cursive (humanistic) 8
• cursive (italic) 9
• display script 1
• humanistic 1
• hybrida 2
• roman 4
• rotonda 3
• textura 11

• fair 21
• high 15
• n/a 4
• poor 2
• very high 5

• black 22
• blue 2
• brown 22
• dark brown 3
• gold 1
• grey 1
• red 7
• yellow 1

• no 30
• yes 18

• rarely 8

• rarely 9

• full borders 1
• partial borders: one-sided 3
• partial borders: two-sided 5

• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 2
• rarely 4
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 9
• flourished 3
• historiated 1

• always 6
• normally 17
• occasionally 2
• often 7
• rarely 5
• sometimes 3

• calligraphic 20
• calligraphic with decoration 7
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 8
• decorated 1
• flourished 13
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 4
• plain initials 8

• always 2
• normally 5
• occasionally 3
• often 1
• rarely 4
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 2

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

• decorated letters 3
• decorative final long 8
• diagrams 1
• embellished final barline 5
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 1
• ornament 1
• signa congruentiae 1
• signes-de-renvoi 1