Oh, and music available as pdf, for those of you that enjoy these puzzles too. David
******************************* David van Ooijen [1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [2]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* On 28 May 2016 at 13:40, David van Ooijen <[3]davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote: Danke, Matthias, that's helpful. I think quitam is quintam. Would make more sense to me. (All I have is a 1900-ish edition of the text and music. The little wiggly things above the letters might well be missing in this edition. The original is by Cornelis Schuyt, ca 1600) With the aid of your translation and the music in front of me, I come to something like this, but it is a wishful translation to what seems to work with the music: Canon with two answers. (meaning there are two possible solutions to the canon?) For four [voices]. Or: canon in fourth. (Which makes sense for entrances 2 and 3) The last [voice] (meaning the bass, or the last of entrances 2 and 3?) is (comes) first, and the first [voice] comes the second [entrance]. Puzzling line, it might hint at the second solution? These two entrances can be interchanged (meaning equal voices?). The fourth entrance answers in the fifth below. ******************************* David van Ooijen [1][4]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [2][5]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* On 28 May 2016 at 13:20, Mathias RAP:sel <[3][6]mathias.roe...@t-online.de> wrote: Ave! Anyone able to shed some light on this Latin description on how to solve a canon riddle? Canon doppia consequenza. A 4. Even the Latin is a riddle to me. Sure that quitam in the 3rd line is correct? Mathias Ultimi erunt primi et primi Secundi. The last ones will be the the first ones, and the first ones [will be] second Vices suas alternis quisque obitote. each of you shall go interchangingly Quartae periodo, quitam periodum reciprocam subiicitote. You shall subject the possible period tuned back to the fourth period -- References 1. mailto:[7]davidvanooi...@gmail.com 2. [8]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 3. mailto:[9]mathias.roe...@t-online.de To get on or off this list see list information at [10]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 2. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 3. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 4. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 5. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 6. mailto:mathias.roe...@t-online.de 7. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 8. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 9. mailto:mathias.roe...@t-online.de 10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html