Bonjour,
Quelqu'un aurait-il connaissance de la signification des lettres additionnelles que je remarque dans les ms 44-2 de Tolède ? Je les signale en rouge dans les exemples ci-dessous :
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Je copie ici, avec son autorisation, une réponse que m'a envoyé Lila Collamore en message privé :
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Dominique, if you study the pieces with these letters you will find they seem to be mostly Easter, and a lot are Alleluias. My suspicion is that they are cues for polyphony.
They are not a sort of "clef" or key guide, and they are not the noeane formulas in tonaries.
So that leaves polyphony, and you will note that the starting interval is right for that.
And they also only appear at the beginning of the chant, so not significative letters.
Ah. I see he's circles some neumes as well. I'm talking about the "no" indications.
I've transcribed all the antiphons in Toledo 44.2, and there are no letters. Just these "no" indications among the antiphons for Easter. As stated, I think they are cues for polyphony.
Improvised descant or maybe faux bourdon sort of thing.
Sometimes just "n" but usually "no"
Yes, I've thought a lot about it. I thought at first they were some kind of clef or guide to the notation, but that idea crashed and burned. I can't think of anything else they can be.
I'm posting my work on academia.edu. I am writing a little piece about these "no" indications, but it will be about a year for that. Right now I'm working on the origin of Paris 1084.
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