> > music _prints_ do use downward stems, what's more, it's not at all > > systematical, see e.g. the example in > > http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1839#c13 > > so we are left to apply manual \stemUp's and \stemDown's > > (I use a global \stemUp and hack closing longae to \stemDown).
> Thanks. On the manuscripts I'm looking at, they're all up-stem. I'm > assuming the printed version is a later reworking of a manuscript? Do you > think the printers adopted more modern methods, or did downstems also creep > into manuscript music? They did, see e.g. codex Chigi from about 1500: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Chigi_codex.jpg http://anaigeon.free.fr/mes_facs/fsbarb.jpg I haven't found down-stems in Lucca 238 (mid-15th century). The Eton choirbook (black mensural notation from the late 15th century) has some down-stems: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Eton_Choirbook.jpg p _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
