PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Italy 5

• Florence 3
• France 2
• Mantua 1
• Naples 1
• Rome 1
• Spain 1

• Manuscript 8

• choirbook 8

• paper 4
• parchment 4

• oblong 1
• upright 7

• always 1
• never 1
• none visible 4
• normally 1
• sometimes 1

• brown 4
• dark brown 2
• light brown 2

• double rastrum 1
• freehand 1
• quadruple rastrum 1
• single rastrum 5
• straightedge 1
• triple rastrum 1

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

• 1-part single page 1
• 2-part opening 2
• 2-part single page 4
• 3-part opening 8
• 3-part single page 2
• 4-part opening 6
• 4-part single page 5
• 5-part opening 1

• double 1
• none 2
• single 7

• empty ruled staves on grid 7
• staves not ruled on grid 2

• not in dedicated space 7
• provided, in dedicated space 3

• made for complete additional staves 4
• notation and staves extended into margin 6
• notation extended into margin 5
• other 1
• partial additional staves 4
• staveline added 2
• staves extended into margin 3

• black 3
• blue 1
• brown 6
• gold 1
• light brown 1
• red 1

• void mensural 8

• absent 8

• fair 6
• high 2
• poor 1

• end symbol 3
• pointers 2
• repeat signs 8
• signa congruentiae 5
• signes-de-renvoi 7
• space-filler 1

• Dutch 4
• French 8
• German 1
• Italian 5
• Latin 5
• Spanish 3
• n/a 1

• fully texted with one or two texts 6
• fully texted with one text 5
• fully texted with two texts 1
• partially texted with one or two texts 8
• partially texted with one text 7
• partially texted with two texts 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 6
• provided with two incipits 2
• untexted 7

• cursive 1
• cursive (bastarda) 2
• cursive (humanistic) 1
• cursive (italic) 1
• display script 1
• hybrida 3

• fair 4
• high 3
• poor 2

• black 2
• blue 1
• brown 5
• dark brown 2
• light brown 1
• red 4
• yellow 1

• no 1
• yes 8

• rarely 1

• rarely 3

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

• always 1
• normally 2
• rarely 1

• decorated 3
• zoomorphic initial 1

• normally 3
• often 2
• rarely 2

• calligraphic 3
• calligraphic with decoration 2
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 2
• decorated 1
• flourished 2
• littera notabilior 1

• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 3

• Guide letters only 1

• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 1

• decorative final long 3
• end-symbol 1