PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 7
• France 2
• Italy 19
• Spain 2
• Switzerland 1

• Basel 1
• Bologna 1
• Brussels 7
• Cognac 1
• Ferrara 2
• Florence 12
• France 6
• Italy 1
• Italy (North) 2
• Mantua 2
• Mechelen 6
• Naples 3
• Padua 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 2
• Segovia 1
• Seville 1
• Spain 1
• Switzerland 1
• Toledo 1

• Manuscript 41

• choirbook 31
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• partbooks (incomplete set) 2

• paper 21
• paper (with parchment) 1
• parchment 18
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• oblong 11
• upright 30

• always 9
• never 5
• none visible 24
• normally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 2

• black 12
• brown 19
• dark brown 5
• gold 1
• light brown 5
• red 1
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 29
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 8

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

• 1-part single page 15
• 2-part consecutive 1
• 2-part opening 16
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 13
• 3-part opening 32
• 3-part score 1
• 3-part single page 11
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 29
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 12
• 5-part opening 13
• 6-part opening 3
• 8-part opening 1

• double 7
• none 23
• quadruple 2
• single 24
• triple 5

• empty ruled staves on grid 34
• left below voice parts as part of grid 1
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 7
• staves not ruled 1
• staves not ruled on grid 8

• no separate text 21
• not in dedicated space 21
• provided, in dedicated space 7

• Indentation for initials filled in 2
• made for complete additional staves 13
• none 1
• notation and staves extended into margin 29
• notation extended into margin 18
• other 1
• partial additional staves 15
• staveline added 9
• staves extended into margin 7

• black 18
• brown 24
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 3

• full mensural 1
• void mensural 41

• absent 38
• present 5

• fair 18
• high 13
• poor 2
• very high 10

• coronae 1
• end symbol 8
• pointers 6
• repeat signs 23
• signa congruentiae 24
• signes-de-renvoi 25
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 7
• Flemish 5
• French 41
• German 2
• Italian 20
• Latin 35
• Spanish 10
• n/a 1

• fully texted and provided with incipit 1
• fully texted with one or two texts 21
• fully texted with one text 29
• fully texted with two or more texts 6
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 8
• partially texted with one text 17
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 7
• provided with single incipit 29
• provided with two incipits 6
• untexted 24

• cursive 9
• cursive (bastarda) 16
• cursive (humanistic) 6
• cursive (italic) 6
• display script 8
• hybrida 6
• roman 2
• textura 2

• fair 20
• high 15
• poor 6
• very high 8

• black 18
• blue 3
• brown 23
• dark brown 4
• gold 1
• light brown 2
• red 11
• yellow 1

• no 17
• yes 30

• never 2
• rarely 14

• always 2
• never 2
• occasionally 1
• rarely 12

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 4
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 1
• partial borders: one-sided 3
• partial borders: three-sided 1
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 4

• always 3
• never 2
• normally 5
• occasionally 1
• rarely 8
• sometimes 2

• calligraphic with decoration 1
• decorated 10
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 1
• historiated 1
• zoomorphic initial 2

• always 2
• normally 18
• occasionally 5
• often 6
• rarely 6
• sometimes 5

• calligraphic 14
• calligraphic with decoration 8
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 8
• decorated 1
• decorated with grotesque heads 2
• flourished 6
• historiated 1
• littera notabilior 2
• plain initials 7
• zoomorphic initial 1

• always 2
• never 4
• normally 4
• occasionally 3
• often 3
• rarely 9
• sometimes 4

• Guide letters only 2

• never 7
• normally 2
• occasionally 4
• often 1
• rarely 2
• sometimes 3

• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 4
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 2
• signa congruentiae 1