PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources

• Austria 1
• Belgium 18
• France 2
• Germany 4
• Great Britain 2
• Italy 7
• Portugal 1
• Spain 1

• Antwerp 1
• Arundel 1
• Bologna 1
• Bourges 1
• Brussels 14
• Cambrai 1
• Catalonia 1
• Coimbra 1
• Ferrara 5
• Florence 1
• Halberstadt 1
• Leipzig 2
• London 1
• Mechelen 16
• Munich 2
• Netherlands 1
• Segovia 1
• Siena 1
• Spain 1
• Toledo 1
• Torgau 1
• Vienna 1

• Manuscript 43

• chansonnier 1
• choirbook 40
• composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony 1
• music treatise(s) containing polyphony 1

• paper 16
• parchment 24
• parchment (with paper) 2
• parchment and paper (mixed) 1

• upright 43

• always 16
• never 4
• none visible 12
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 5
• rarely 2
• sometimes 3

• black 35
• brown 11
• dark brown 1
• red 3

• double and single rastra 1
• single rastrum 38
• straightedge 5
• triple rastrum 1

• 1 3
• 10 32
• 11 19
• 12 9
• 13 4
• 14 2
• 15 1
• 16 1
• 17 1
• 2 6
• 3 6
• 4 9
• 5 16
• 6 20
• 7 23
• 8 33
• 9 43

• 1-part single page 11
• 2-part consecutive 2
• 2-part opening 20
• 2-part single page 11
• 3-part consecutive 1
• 3-part opening 34
• 3-part single page 9
• 4-part consecutive 1
• 4-part opening 40
• 4-part single page 7
• 5-part consecutive 1
• 5-part opening 27
• 5-part single page 2
• 6-part opening 12
• 7-part opening 1
• 8-part opening 4
• n/a 2

• double 27
• none 15
• quadruple 4
• quintuple 1
• single 35
• triple 18
• varies 1

• empty ruled staves on grid 37
• left below voice parts as part of grid 2
• left between voice parts as part of grid 3
• none 5
• staves not ruled 3
• staves not ruled on grid 19
• variable space, not on grid 8

• no separate text 33
• not in dedicated space 11
• provided, in dedicated space 8

• Indentation for initials filled in 1
• made for complete additional staves 18
• notation and staves extended into margin 30
• notation extended into margin 12
• other 3
• partial additional staves 20
• staveline added 4
• staves extended into margin 4

• black 36
• brown 7
• dark brown 1
• red 3

• chant (Gothic) 1
• chant (square) 2
• full mensural 2
• void mensural 42

• absent 33
• present 14

• fair 11
• high 14
• poor 2
• very high 19

• coronae 4
• custodes 1
• end symbol 5
• none 1
• pointers 3
• repeat signs 9
• signa congruentiae 20
• signes-de-renvoi 33
• space-filler 4

• English 1
• Flemish 5
• French 17
• German 2
• Italian 2
• Latin 40
• Spanish 4

• fully texted with one or two texts 5
• fully texted with one text 40
• fully texted with two or more texts 14
• fully texted with two texts 4
• partially texted with one or two texts 1
• partially texted with one text 6
• provided with multiple incipits 1
• provided with one or two incipits 3
• provided with single incipit 11
• untexted 13
• varies 2

• cursive 5
• cursive (Anglicana) 2
• cursive (German) 1
• cursive (bastarda) 25
• cursive (humanistic) 2
• display script 24
• hybrida 2
• textura 9
• various 1

• fair 8
• high 17
• poor 3
• very high 20

• black 38
• blue 2
• brown 7
• dark brown 2
• red 27

• no 20
• yes 28

• always 1
• never 5
• rarely 24

• never 6
• occasionally 2
• rarely 21

• full and partial borders 2
• full borders 5
• partial borders: one- and two-sided 2
• partial borders: one-sided 6
• partial borders: two- and three-sided 1
• partial borders: two-sided 9

• always 1
• never 5
• normally 3
• occasionally 1
• often 6
• rarely 20
• sometimes 1

• calligraphic 1
• decorated 12
• decorated with grotesque heads 6
• flourished 4
• historiated 3
• plain initials 2
• trompe l'oeil 1
• zoomorphic initial 3

• always 2
• never 1
• normally 25
• occasionally 13
• often 4
• rarely 14
• sometimes 4

• calligraphic 22
• calligraphic with decoration 4
• calligraphic with grotesque heads 6
• decorated 3
• decorated with grotesque heads 1
• flourished 10
• plain initials 4

• always 2
• never 10
• normally 5
• occasionally 2
• often 5
• rarely 11

• never 16
• normally 1
• occasionally 1
• often 1
• rarely 3
• sometimes 4

• banner 1
• decorative final long 3
• embellished final barline 1
• end-symbol 2
• littera notabilior 2