PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 8
• Great Britain 2
• Italy 2

• Antwerp 1
• Brussels 7
• Eton 1
• Florence 1
• France 1
• London 1
• Mechelen 6
• Naples 1
• Netherlands 1
• Rome 1
• Windsor 1

• Manuscript 18

• choirbook 17
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1

• paper 3
• parchment 12
• parchment (with paper) 1
• parchment and paper (mixed) 2

• upright 18

• always 7
• never 1
• none visible 7
• normally 2
• often 1

• black 14
• brown 4
• dark brown 1

• single rastrum 15
• straightedge 3

• 1 2
• 10 14
• 11 9
• 12 4
• 13 2
• 14 1
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 3
• 3 2
• 4 3
• 5 6
• 6 8
• 7 9
• 8 12
• 9 13

• 1-part single page 2
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 7
• 2-part single page 4
• 3-part consecutive 2
• 3-part opening 14
• 3-part single page 2
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 18
• 4-part single page 3
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 12
• 5-part single page 1
• 6-part consecutive 1
• 6-part opening 4
• 7-part consecutive 1
• 8-part consecutive 1
• 8-part opening 1
• 9-part consecutive 1
• 9-part opening 1

• all staves indented 1
• double 12
• none 4
• quadruple 4
• single 14
• triple 9

• empty ruled staves on grid 17
• none 2
• staves not ruled 2
• staves not ruled on grid 11
• variable space, not on grid 1

• no separate text 14
• not in dedicated space 3
• provided, in dedicated space 2

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 5
• notation and staves extended into margin 14
• notation extended into margin 7
• partial additional staves 7
• staveline added 2
• staves extended into margin 1

• black 16
• brown 3
• dark brown 1
• red 4

• chant (square) 1
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 16

• absent 16
• present 2

• fair 2
• high 4
• very high 12

• coronae 2
• end symbol 5
• pointers 1
• repeat signs 5
• signa congruentiae 14
• signes-de-renvoi 16

• Dutch 2
• English 1
• Flemish 2
• French 9
• German 1
• Italian 2
• Latin 15

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 3
• fully texted with one text 17
• fully texted with two or more texts 7
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 2
• provided with one or two incipits 2
• provided with single incipit 4
• untexted 4

• cursive (Anglicana) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 13
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 11
• hybrida 2
• roman 1
• textura 1

• fair 2
• high 7
• very high 10

• black 17
• blue 1
• brown 3
• dark brown 1
• red 15
• yellow 1

• no 8
• yes 11

• always 1
• never 1
• rarely 11

• never 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 10

• full and partial borders 1
• full borders 3
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: one-sided 4
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 1

• never 3
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 9
• sometimes 1

• decorated 2
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• historiated 2
• plain initials 1
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 1
• normally 11
• occasionally 6
• often 3
• rarely 6
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic 3
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• plain initials 4

• never 7
• rarely 8
• sometimes 1

• Guide letters only 1

• never 11
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 2

• banner 1
• decorative final long 3