On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:40:15 +0000 Owain Sutton <m...@owainsutton.co.uk> 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 lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
