Oops, I'm wrong. The pagination in the lower right corner is often lower case roman numerals. Probably seen it a thousand times, too. Still I'm torn between Arto's "iterate item" and Arthur's explanation below.
Or does Stewart's explanation create a hybrid of both; eg: iij = iterate iterate item = repeat twice? Sean On Mar 6, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Arthur Ness wrote: > It's simply the way Roman numerals were written back > then. It's used very frequentky in chant books, even > today. ij = 2, iij = 3, xviij = 18. > > So "<music phrase> ij" means sing "<music phrase> <music > phrase>." iij (often indicated in Kyries) means sing > the Kyrie for a total of three times. > > I hadn't heard the one about "ij" you give in your PS, > Arto. But > "E u o u a e" has produced a few howlers (literally<g>). > > That reminds me, what novel has a horse named "Old > Doxology"? > ============================================ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Sean Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Lute Net" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:19 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Renaissance ditto/ij/" --was > Fuenllana Tan que vivray > > >> >> Dear all, >> >> On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Sean Smith wrote: >> >>> Are there any plausible latin phrases based on "ij"? >> >> As far as I know, it means "iterate item"; letters i >> and j were quite >> the same in printing in those days. >> >> All the best, >> >> Arto >> >> PS Once upon a time one singer was singing a baroque >> song telling >> about crusifixation of Jesus. And he interpreted the >> "ij" being a >> sound that came from J. while being tortured on the >> cross. And he sang >> those letters! And this is not an urban legend, I >> heard it... ;) >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > >
