> On 19 Jan 2026, at 18:27, Henning Hraban Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just found this extreme example of inserts-layout on the LilyPond users > mailing list. > Is this a Christian thing? 🤔
It looks like a reminder of the notes to use by a priest when chanting the verse.[1] This page has an introductory video. <https://www.ccwatershed.org/2013/05/27/how-chant-readings-mass-sing-gospel-lessons/> However, I find it unlikely that a priest would need to be reminded of the notes to use when singing "amen" at the end so it might just be a reminder that the verse is to be sung? Or simply nice typography. Interesting find though. Regards, [1] Gregorian chant uses a four-line stave. <https://maternalheart.org/resources/gregorian_chant_notation/> ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
