PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Belgium 1
• France 1
• Italy 21

• Bruges 1
• Florence 14
• France 2
• Italy (North) 2
• Mantua 1
• Milan 1
• Naples 2
• Padua 1
• Paris 1
• Rome 1
• Siena 1
• Venice 1

• Manuscript 23
• Printed work 3

• choirbook 18
• partbook (single) 1
• partbooks (complete set) 5
• printed treatise with added polyphony 1
• tablebook 1

• paper 16
• paper (with parchment) 3
• parchment 6
• parchment (with paper) 1

• bound upright but prepared oblong 1
• oblong 15
• upright 10

• always 3
• n/a 3
• never 3
• none visible 14
• normally 2
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• black 5
• brown 12
• dark brown 6
• gold 2
• light brown 1
• reddish brown 2

• double rastrum 4
• freehand 2
• quadruple rastrum 2
• single rastrum 11
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 11

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

• 1-part single page 11
• 2-part opening 4
• 2-part score 1
• 2-part single page 4
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 15
• 3-part score 2
• 3-part single page 6
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 17
• 4-part score 1
• 4-part single page 9
• 5-part opening 4

• double 1
• none 17
• single 12

• empty ruled staves on grid 17
• left between voice parts as part of grid 1
• none 9
• staves not ruled on grid 1

• no separate text 9
• not in dedicated space 12
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 2
• notation and staves extended into margin 17
• notation extended into margin 12
• partial additional staves 6
• staveline added 8
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 11
• brown 15
• dark brown 1
• gold 2
• red 1

• full mensural 2
• void mensural 25

• absent 26

• fair 10
• high 9
• n/a 3
• very high 4

• coronae 4
• end symbol 4
• pointers 4
• repeat signs 17
• signa congruentiae 13
• signes-de-renvoi 9

• Dutch 5
• Flemish 1
• French 17
• Italian 26
• Latin 18
• Spanish 5

• fully texted with one or two texts 17
• fully texted with one text 13
• fully texted with two texts 2
• partially texted with one or two texts 4
• partially texted with one text 10
• provided with one or two incipits 4
• provided with single incipit 20
• provided with two incipits 3
• untexted 15

• Italic 1
• cursive 6
• cursive (bastarda) 4
• cursive (humanistic) 7
• cursive (italic) 7
• hybrida 1
• roman 2
• rotonda 1

• fair 13
• high 9
• n/a 3
• poor 2
• very high 1

• black 9
• blue 2
• brown 15
• dark brown 2
• gold 1
• grey 1
• red 3

• no 11
• yes 17

• often 1
• rarely 4

• always 1
• rarely 2

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

• always 1
• normally 2
• occasionally 1
• rarely 1
• sometimes 1

• decorated 4
• historiated 1

• always 4
• normally 8
• occasionally 2
• often 2
• rarely 2
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 7
• calligraphic with decoration 3
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 4
• decorated 1
• flourished 4
• littera notabilior 1
• plain initials 4

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

• Guide letters only 2

• normally 3
• occasionally 3
• rarely 2
• sometimes 2

• banner 1
• decorated letters 1
• decorative final long 3
• end-symbol 3
• littera notabilior 2
• signa congruentiae 1