On 08/01/2017 21:46, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote:
The exact quotation from Mersenne is :
"...le son des grosses chordes de Luth est apperceu de l'oreille durant la sixiesme
partie, ou le tiers d'une minute, c'est à dire pendant que l'artère du poux d'un homme sain,
& sans emotion bat dix, ou vingt fois..."
which can be roughly translated by : the sound of the big strings of a Lute is
perceived by the ear during the sixth part, or a third of a minute, that is to say
as long as the pulse of a healthy man, without emotion, beats ten, or twenty
times..."
Amicalement,
Jean-Marie
'sans emotion' means in a relaxed state
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