On Mar 6, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Doctor Oakroot wrote: > Is it actually 'II' (roman numeral) with a fancy hook? Is the modern > repeat sign from the same source?
I doubt it, Doc. In all renaissance prints I've seen, roman numerals are invariably upper case type and the ij is always lower case. And a second repeat is never III. To be fair, they may have avoided the upper case for size or its distraction. Are there any plausible latin phrases based on "ij"? Sean ps, your message seems to be taking this ditto topic literally. > >> >> >> Not an eta but 'ij' (two) which means: again. >> >> While we're in the nitty gritty of Pete and Repeat, what is the origin >> of "ij"? This evolved into our modern 'ditto' mark ( " ), right? >> >> Sean >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > > -- > http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars. > >
