Hello, I am not sure if you are aware of this website
http://www.diamm.ac.uk/index.html It contains very high resolution digital images of mensural music. You do need to register (free) but some of the images there are beautiful. James -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Nils Gey Sent: Fri 12/10/2010 21:46 To: Owain Sutton Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Unknown final note shape / object. What it is? On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:40:15 +0000 Owain Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21:32, Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Nils Gey wrote: > > I stumbled upon this picture of notation and I've never seen the final note > > (in each voice, the right page voices have a slightly different version) > > http://anaigeon.free.fr/mes_facs/fsjosq.jpg > > > > From the position it must be a longa, the fermata over it indictates the > > same. Best visible on the top left version is that there is indeed the > > right-handed stem from a longa at the end of this symbol. > > > > Has anyone seen this in a different context? I would like to see more > > pictures or versions. > > > > Btw. if you know any other strange or seldom used notation symbols please > > let me know :) > > > > Greetings, > > > > Nils > > > Probably just a scribal quirk - the incomplete illuminations give some idea > of how prestigious this volume was (or was intended to be). Which source is > it? If going to the root of this URL does not help I don't know. Google image search. I searched through mensural music (and medieval) for exactly these things. Strange looking or nice looking things in notation (without the usual Ars Subtilior Heart-Shape Notation) Nils _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
