Re: Unknown final note shape / object. What it is?

[Owain Sutton]

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?