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

[Nils Gey]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:40:15 +0000
Owain Sutton <address@hidden> 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